Thought-Controlled Nanoscale Robots in a Living Host

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 8; p. e0161227
• Main Authors: Arnon, Shachar, Dahan, Nir, Koren, Amir, Radiano, Oz, Ronen, Matan, Yannay, Tal, Giron, Jonathan, Ben-Ami, Lee, Amir, Yaniv, Hel-Or, Yacov, Friedman, Doron, Bachelet, Ido
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.08.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Activation; Algorithms; Analysis; Animals; Attention; Biological activity; Biology and Life Sciences; Blaberidae; Blaberus discoidalis; Brain; Brain research; Brain-Computer Interfaces; Cockroaches; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Computer science; Controlled release technology; Data collection; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Drug delivery systems; EEG; Electroencephalography; Electromagnetic fields; Engineering and Technology; Gene expression; Insects; Interdisciplinary aspects; Internet; Life sciences; Man-machine interfaces; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Pattern recognition; Physical Sciences; Research and Analysis Methods; Robot control; Robotics; Robotics - methods; Robots; Schizophrenia; Thinking

We report a new type of brain-machine interface enabling a human operator to control nanometer-size robots inside a living animal by brain activity. Recorded EEG patterns are recognized online by an algorithm, which in turn controls the state of an electromagnetic field. The field induces the local...