In a scene straight out of a Star Trek movie, two rats have successfully had a mind meld using implants even though they were on two separate continents. In the popular Star Trek movies, Vulcans could mind meld with other sentient beings, including humans. Researchers were conducing the experiment in order to develop possible organic computers. The system allows one rat to use the senses of the other and incorporate information from its far away partner into its own representation of the world. The successful experiment was reported in nature.com.
Researchers are now working on melding four mice as well as melding monkeys together, which would allow for more complex tasks. Applications could include creating more complex computers and healing brain damage and Alzheimer's Disease.
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