Controlling Locomotion and Behavior in Real-Time

Um projecto opensource para controlar vermes através de luz de alta frequência, aka laser.

CoLBeRT is a new technique for neuroscience developed by the Samuel Lab at Harvard University's Center For Brain Science that allows researchers to commandeer the nervous system of a moving animal without wires or electrodes. The system has been used thus far on the microscopic nematode C. elegans.

Stephen Colbert The CoLBeRT project is dedicated to its namesake, Stephen Colbert, who manipulates the neurocircuits of millions of Americans daily using only the light from their monitors.