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    An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
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    10/22/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    What they may also not have mentioned was that, prior to the mice being injected with the retrovirus that used blue light sensitive genes to alter their eyes, they were previously blind (as is genetically common with lab mice). So it's also basically a potential cure for blindness, or potentially a way to allow humans to see other forms of light if genes are discovered that are sensitive to say, infrared or ultraviolet spectra. #neuroscience
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    10/22/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    This was discussed at the Singularity Summit a few weeks back... you guys should have had someone covering it! #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    I tried to resist for a long time, but have now accepted that as soon as the second round of cortical implants are available I'll be first in line.

    Why second, you might ask? Well, first of all, they're gonna be fucking expensive. An iPhone cost roughly the GNP of Egypt when it first came out; imagine what a shunt in your skull that will stream the internet directly to your brain will be worth.

    Secondly, I don't need to be dealing with first-gen bugs in my wetware. Algae cultures pourin' out of your eye sockets and what-not. #neuroscience
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    11/19/09

    @Aidan_: What about your kids, if you have any?
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    11/19/09

    @tnmnsquare: What about them?
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    Yay, you used my tip. That article was pretty amazing, but I doubt I'll ever get to see many real life applications of that tech during my lifetime.

    Tough one can always hope... Gost in the Shell here I come! #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    "Of course, this kind of cyborg technology is not exactly around the corner."

    Not true. Just yesterday I saw a recent piece on a two-way artificial hand and it doesn't use optogenetics. Watch the video. #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    @Roklimber: Duh... I saw it right here on io9:

    [io9.com] #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    This seriously cool... An a possible cure for Parkinson's disease... that alone would please me - my grandmother had it. #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    One of the researchers working on this gave a lecture at my school. It was both interesting and unnerving (no pun intended) watching a mouse begin to run in circles at the flip of a switch. #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    Algae-Borg Collective, here we come! #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    A post yesterday was about an artificial arm that could both receive orders from the brain and send feedback back to it... So presumably there are other ways of doing this?

    [io9.com]

    This is still so awesome, though. Of course, changing the genetic structure of neurons seems a bit scary, too... I wonder if there'd be a way to build a sort of "adapter," which would be built separately from your body, and would include (artificially-grown) genetically augmented neurons that would respond to light signals from electronic devices, and could be "grown into" your nervous system, without changing neurons you already have? #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    @ParryLost: Nah, that arm was hooked up to the nerves in his arm, not directly to his brain at all. There is a big difference in the difficulties involved, though both are awesome. #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    very cool article.
    very bad illustration. #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    In reply to An Input/Output Device for the Brain - Made of Light, Algae, and Bacteria
    Can I download my brain to the internet and effectively become immortal? Man, porn is gonna be really awesome then.

    Oh, and prosthetics that can feel, yeah! (as I secretly think "xxx furry juggies") #neuroscience
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    10/21/09

    @Kitradu: DAMN! My implant is typing everything I think! (coffee drinking turtle floozies) #neuroscience
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