Mind control technology development by South Korea
Nano-Mind Technology
Researchers at the Korea Institute of Basic Science (IBS) have developed devices that manipulate the brain remotely using magnetic fields, and tested the technology by stimulating “maternal” instincts in female test subjects: mice. A remote mind-control device was unveiled in South Korea, with... Plans to use the technology in non-surgical medical procedures.
According to the British Daily Mail website, in another experiment, researchers exposed a test group of laboratory mice to magnetic fields designed to reduce appetite, which led to a 10% loss of body weight, or about 4.3 grams.
Dr. Cheon Jin-woo, director of the IBS Center for Nanomedicine in South Korea, said he expects the new devices to be used in a variety of healthcare applications, where he said they are urgently needed. “This is the first technology in the world that freely controls specific areas of the body,” he said. brain using magnetic fields.
“We expect it to be widely used in research to understand brain functions, advanced artificial neural networks, bidirectional brain-computer interface technologies, and new treatments for neurological disorders,” Dr. Cheon continued.
Although remote mind control used to be just science fiction, health experts note that magnetic fields have been used successfully in medical imaging for decades.
“The concept of using magnetic fields to manipulate biological systems is now well established,” Dr. Felix Leroy, a senior scientist at the Spanish Neuroscience Institute, wrote in an editorial accompanying the new study in Nature Nanotechnology.
He noted that it has been applied in various fields, such as magnetic resonance imaging [MRI], transcranial magnetic stimulation, and magnetic hyperthermia for cancer treatment.
The novelty added by the IBS team in South Korea was the genetic manufacturing of specialized nanomaterials, whose role within neurons in the brain can be remotely controlled via carefully selected magnetic fields.
This technology, officially called magneto-mechanical genetics (MMG), guided Dr. Cheon and his colleagues as they developed the brain-modifying technology.
In the new study, published in July in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the team named their invention Nano-MIND, Magnetic Nanointerface for Neural Dynamics.
The scientists designed special mice for their experiments using a gene replacement technique known to researchers as Cre-Lox recombination.
Transgenic lab mice have developed more magnetically sensitive "ion channels" that act as gates in their neurons, or nervous system cells, allowing certain molecules and atoms to enter at certain times and rates.
MMG stimulation of some lab rats encouraged females to locate lost "rat pups" and collect them more quickly along a maze-like path.
Female mice stimulated with Nano-MIND began approaching pups faster, on average 16 seconds faster, and quickly retrieved all three pups in all trials, the researchers wrote.
