DARPA's Brain Implants Would Help Replace Mental Function in Wounded Warfighters

Controlling the Brain Let's think outside the box National Science Foundation

From Popular Science:

The implants would use light pulses to activate certain brain regions and reroute function.

Traumatic brain injuries affect as many as 20 percent of warfighters returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Now the Pentagon's whiz kids at DARPA have turned to optogenetic brain implants that use light pulses to control brain cells, and hopefully reroute brain activity, Wired's Danger Room reports.

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My Comment: This is really creepy stuff.