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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:There are easier ways by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You can have a funny mod since it doesn't add karma for violating rules 1 and 2.

    Anonymous never forgives.

  2. Rule 34 challenge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Subject: CowboyNeal

    1. Re:Rule 34 challenge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Don't tempt anonymous...

    2. Re:Rule 34 challenge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I think this will result in rule 35...

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

      DO NOT WANT

  3. Re:There are easier ways by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Congrats on knowing how moderation works. Since it's still only +1 funny, I assume you weren't smart enough to log out and clear session before posting anon. posting + moderating in same thread = moderation disappears and you waste a mod point. Perhaps if you lurked more you'd know that.

  4. Re:There are easier ways by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Whats sadder is your name is joe_cot, just reminds me of the cotton eyed joe theme the other day there... god my eyes hurt still

  5. Re:There are easier ways by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Especially that horrid blinking background that is the pinnacle of epic fail on /b/.

    Moot, if you read Slashdot, then know this! Anonymous cannot tolerate blinking backgrounds that brings his computer to a halt, you insensitive clod!

  6. 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.

    --
    Women are like electronics: you don't know how damaged they are until you try to turn them on.
  7. Re:Who wants to bet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My grandpa has ellipses you insensitive clod!

  8. Re:There are easier ways by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TRIPFAG GTFO

  9. Re:There are easier ways by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    LOL INTERNET