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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. Re:Rule 34 challenge by DamienNightbane · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    DO NOT WANT

  2. Re:There are easier ways by Majik+Sheff · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Holy crap there are a lot of /b/tards on Slashdot. I never knew! In b4 offtopic mod.

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