[HN Gopher] Wireless activation of targeted brain circuits in le...
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       Wireless activation of targeted brain circuits in less than one
       second
        
       Author : giuliomagnifico
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2022-07-25 11:31 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (news.rice.edu)
 (TXT) w3m dump (news.rice.edu)
        
       | haswell wrote:
       | > _The researchers used genetic engineering to express a special
       | heat-sensitive ion channel in neurons that cause flies to
       | partially spread their wings, a common mating gesture. The
       | researchers then injected magnetic nanoparticles that could be
       | heated with an applied magnetic field._
       | 
       | The title somewhat obscures the part where the flies are
       | genetically modified, and require injected nano particles to
       | function as described.
       | 
       | Still fascinating.
        
         | feet wrote:
         | Genetic modification is common in research like this, so are
         | injections of various nanoparticles and viruses. The field of
         | optogenetics is based around similar methods
        
       | towaway15463 wrote:
       | Man you could turn this into an awesome conspiracy theory with
       | iron nano particles and gene modifying RNA being injected and
       | then controlled using 5G.
        
         | Vecr wrote:
         | How about world-wide gangster computer god Frankenstein
         | controls and brains in jars on the far side of the moon?
        
         | iasay wrote:
         | Please do not give morons fuel.
        
           | chimineycricket wrote:
           | doesn't seem impossible to do that. pretty cool tech
        
       | marci wrote:
       | Fruit flies and wireless activation of targeted brain circuits.
       | 
       | Feels like we are in a Westworld season 4 timeline.
        
         | machineleaning wrote:
         | How about injectable nanotransducers in humans?
         | 
         | https://howthehell.substack.com/p/bci-part-2
         | 
         | Ctrl+f Brainstorms
        
       | daferna wrote:
       | Congrats to Prof. Robinson, know him from his publications on
       | conductive polymers
        
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