Title seems misleading.<p><pre><code> with a newly developed technique for wirelessly
powering *implanted* devices
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This is not a method of remotely hacking the central nervous system. Rather: "Stanford engineers develop method to wirelessly power implants that stimulate nerves in mice"
shahryc, thanks for posting (and reposting) this story. It's some fascinating research. The paper in "<i>Physical Review Applied</i>" (linked in article) is
paywalled, but there is a pre-print version available here:<p><a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.01493" rel="nofollow">http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.01493</a>
For those who would like background on Karl Deisseroth, whose lab is involved in this work, I recommend this New Yorker article:<p><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/lighting-the-brain" rel="nofollow">http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/lighting-the-br...</a>
Aw, I thought they'd invented the tasp.[1]<p>[1]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirehead_(science_fiction)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirehead_(science_fiction)</a>