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Remote control flies? Fly behavior controlled by laser light -- Staff  -- Science Blog  -- April 9, 2005
Animal Machine Interface

Yale University School of Medicine researchers have found a way to exercise a little mind control over fruit flies, making the flies jump, beat their wings, and fly on command by triggering genetic "remote controls" that the scientists designed and installed in the insects' central nervous system.

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