Render Posted February 13, 2013 #1 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Researchers at Duke university have developed a neuroprosthesis that gives rats the ability to detect infrared light, a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to which mammals are normally blind. After training a group of lab rats to visit "reward ports" inside a test chamber whenever LEDs at the ports lit up, the researchers implanted an array of tiny stimulating electrodes into the touch-sensing part of each rat's brain. The electrodes were wired to to an infrared sensor, which the researchers surgically affixed to the rats' foreheads. After reintroducing the rat cyborgs to the test chamber, the researchers began swapping out the LEDs at the reward ports for infrared light sources. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/researchers-give-lab-rats-terminator-infrared-vision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever Learning Posted February 13, 2013 #2 Share Posted February 13, 2013 poor little rats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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