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title: Control rat brains
date: "2002-05-03T12:00:00Z"
categories:
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wp_id: 1346
description: Explore early experiments by Dr. Sanjiv Talwar on remote-controlled rats. By using brain implants and electrodes, scientists successfully guided rats through complex obstacle courses, raising significant ethical questions about the nature of direct neural control.
keywords: [neural implants, sanjiv talwar, brain-computer interface, bio-robotics, neuroscience, animal navigation]
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Now we can [control rat brains](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1961000/1961798.stm). Dr. Talwar's comment is apt. "Nonetheless, the idea is sort of creepy."