Gizmag (Australia, July 17) – Illinois materials science and engineering professor John Rogers and his colleagues have developed a wireless device that delivers drugs to the brain and triggers neurons via remote control. Also: Cell (original article, July 2015), National Institutes of Health (press release, July 16),Science Daily (July 16), Nanowerk (Honolulu, July 16), CU Boulder News (Colorado, July 16), St. Louis Public Radio (July 16), Laboratory Talk (July 16), Inventor Spot (July 17), Business Standard (July 17), Business Insider (July 17), Tasnim News (Iran, July 18), BGR India (July 17), Kurzweil (North Andover, Massachusetts, July 16), Softpedia (July 17), HealthCanal (July 17), ReliaWire (July 18), Times of India (July 18), NH Voice (New Hampshire, July 18), ReliaWire (July 19), Bangalore Mirror (India, July 19), Updated News (Canada, July 19), Engaget (July 19), Imperial Valley News (July 19), Popular Science (July 20), Med Device Online (July 20), Bioscience Technology (July 20), KRCU-FM (Missouri, July 20), Peoria Public Radio (Ill., July 20), Pioneer News (July 20), 7th Space Interactive (July 20), The Monitor Daily (July 20), Tech Times (July 20), Science Times (July 20), Medgadget (El Granada, Calif., July 21).
Related issue: Reuters (video, July 27) -- A remote-controlled brain implant that can determine the path a mouse walks is being developed by Illinois scientists who hope it could one day be used to treat a range of neurological disorders in humans by wirelessly targeting therapies to specific neural networks. Also: Popular Science (July 20), RT.com (London, July 29), Vice (Aug. 16).