CoLBeRT: Logran controlar los movimientos de una lombriz con un sensor…

Alumnos de Harvard han logrado con un softwar de codigo abierto controlar la locomoción y comportamiento de una lombríz con un control remoto, nada tentativo a lo que en el futuro le espere a la humanidad bajo efectos narcóticos y apocalípticos en un futuro no muy lejano:

“to share a new tool I’ve developed for neuroscience that uses optogenetics to remotely control the neurons of a worm as it swims or crawls. Its called CoLBeRT, Controlling Locomotion and Behavior in Real Time. With the instrument I can induce the worm to stop, accelerate, lay eggs or experience the illusion of touch. All source code to run the instrument is GPLd and available. Science News and Scientific American both have stories. The project homepage is at colbert.physics.harvard.edu.”