Brain implant could turn you into one of the X-Men

Brain implant could turn you into one of the X-Men | DVICE: "Imagine this: TSA agents with enhanced senses of smell, emergency responders that can hear sounds clearly from beneath rubble and dirt, and cab drivers always knowing the direction of true north. This might sound like an issue of popular comic book series The X-Men, but scientists at Duke University are experimenting with a brain implant device that could make these things possible in the real world — and without the need to be born a mutant.



As it stands, our five senses are very limited, although our brain capacity should be able to allow us to do more with them. The Duke scientists wanted to explore the possibility of using a brain implant in possibly turning up and enhancing those senses. The implants were used on mice, which allowed the mice to be taught to see infrared light, which is generally invisible to the naked eye."