Mice run through Quake, Princeton neuroscientists scan their bra...

Courtesy Engadget  Thu, 10/15/2009 - 07:00

Want to know just how prevalent technology has become in our lives?

Now even lab mice get Quake -derived virtual reality playgrounds to navigate instead of their old school wooden mazes.

In all honesty, this appears a significant and praiseworthy advancement, as the Princeton team have succeeded in mapping brain activity right down to the cellular level, with real-time tracking of single neurons now possible.

The Orwellian-looking setup above is necessary in order to keep the...

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