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Payal Dhar

BIZARRE: Tiny implant speaks to the brain with led light - You Need To See This

Photo of the device described in the study next to a quarter for scale.

A new brain-machine interface (BMI) uses light to "speak" to the brain, mouse experiments show.

The minimally invasive wireless device, which is placed under the scalp, receives inputs in the form of light patterns, which are then conveyed to genetically modified neurons in brain tissue.

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