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MIT Shows How to Shut Down Brain With Light

Posted by samzenpus on from the men-in-black dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The MIT home-page story today is about a way to use light to shut down brain activity. "Scientists at the MIT Media Lab have invented a way to reversibly silence brain cells using pulses of yellow light, offering the prospect of controlling the haywire neuron activity that occurs in diseases such as epilepsy and Parkinson's disease."

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  1. There are easier ways by joe_cot · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are easier ways to shut down brain activity. 4chan comes to mind.

    1. Re:There are easier ways by drwiii · · Score: 5, Funny

      Rule 1 violation.

  2. Who wants to bet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that this is actually a plan to invent the Neuralizer from Men in Black?

  3. Finally! by Steve--Balllmer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... a scientific reason why we /.ers should not leave the darkness of our parents' basements and our computer monitors, and continue to avoid the dreaded realm known as "outside".

  4. Politics by nagora · · Score: 5, Funny

    Expect to see a lot of yellow lights at party rallies from now on...

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  5. Hooray! by mikkelm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally I can get a pair of tinfoil shades to go with my hat.

  6. Another ,,, by BlueTrin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another sexist topic about blonde girls !

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  7. If yellow light shuts down brain cells... by SethHoyt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could this explain why when a traffic light turns yellow, nobody seems to notice it?