South Korea develops world’s first remote mind control technology
- South Korean scientists unveiled a new remote mind control device
- It could help us gain a better understanding of some brain functions
- It could also be used to help treat some neurological disorders
Published on Aug 14, 2024 at 9:30 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Aug 14, 2024 at 5:39 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
Scientists in South Korea have unveiled a groundbreaking new remote mind control device that could help improve our understanding of how our brains work and be used to treat neurological disorders.
Experts from Korea’s Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have developed the new ‘long range’ and ‘large volume’ hardware, which can manipulate the brain from a distance using magnetic fields.
The team behind the new tech is hopeful that it will help us better understand some brain functions, such as emotion, social behavior, and cognition, and could even be used to treat some disorders.
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The remote mind control technology is a ‘world first’
From the headline-grabbing Neuralink implants, which recently allowed a man to play chess using just his thoughts, to this first-of-its-kind computer powered by ‘brain cell clumps,’ it’s clear that brains are big business.
Now, this latest groundbreaking study from South Korea – dubbed Nano-Magnetogenetic Interface for NeuroDynamics or Nanon-MIND – has changed the game again.
“This is the world’s first technology to freely control specific brain regions using magnetic fields,” Cheon Jinwoo from South Korea’s Center for Nanomedicine said in a statement.
“We expect it to be widely used in research to understand brain functions, sophisticated artificial neural networks, two-way brain-computer interface technologies, and new treatments for neurological disorders.”
The study showed interesting results in mice
To test the tech, the team used non-maternal mice and then selectively targeted parts of the brain known to kickstart maternal behavior.
They found that this activation significantly increased the maternal and nurturing behaviors shown by the mice.
The researchers also studied how it could impact feeding behaviors by targeting receptors in the part of the brain that controls motivation.
The results showed a 100 percent increase in appetite.
The team is hoping to one day be able to inhibit behaviors as well as activate them.
However, before you all become concerned about the possibility of someone being able to remotely control your mind and make you ravenously hungry – the technology requires the use of magnetized nanoparticles and close-range magnetic field equipment.
So that’s good, isn’t it?
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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Across her career she's covered a wide variety of topics, including celebrity, cryptocurrency, politics, true crime and just about everything in between.
