g/technology: Hi-tech brain implants the size of a salt grain could let people choose their own mood. Scientists in South Korea have suppressed cocaine-induced behaviour in rats injected with the drug using the chips, even working out how to charge them remotely

Hi-tech brain implants the size of a salt grain could let people choose their own mood. Scientists in South Korea have suppressed cocaine-induced behaviour in rats injected with the drug using the chips, even working out how to charge them remotely 📦

9 19 Mar 2021 12:46 by u/christianmusicreleases

6 comments

5 u/jerkwad152 19 Mar 2021 13:24

And it could also let others choose your mood without your consent...

2 u/EtherealSphericalPear 20 Mar 2021 17:11

WTF pure cyberpunk dystopia

3 u/None 19 Mar 2021 14:04

"Just take your soma."

2 u/None 19 Mar 2021 14:29

me permanently choosing angry so I can shitpost more efficiently

2 u/Sheeplebane 19 Mar 2021 15:48

Surely nothing can go wrong with this

1 u/jBoi76 19 Mar 2021 17:32

There is simply no good use case for technology like this. If it's going to be used for evil - why is it being developed? If it's not going to be used - why is it being developed?