Mind-Controlled Nanobots Used to Release Chemicals in Living Cockroaches

A Man's Thoughts Controlled Robots Inside A Cockroach
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This is wild: a team of Israeli scientists developed a contraption that uses a person’s brain waves to remotely control DNA-based nanorobots — while the nanobots were inside a living cockroach. When prompted by a human thought, the clam shell-like robots opened up, revealing a drug-like molecule that tweaked the physiology of the cockroach’s cells.

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