The idea of controlling brain cells with light "captured our imagination, " recalls Boyden, who now runs his own lab at MIT.

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The idea of controlling computers with our thoughts alone is pretty cool.

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Petersburg went awry when the Ministry of State Property there declared the venture funds' controlling position annulled and dismissed the idea of compensation.

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The next step, Borgiani says, will involve getting appliances connected to the Internet--not for the hare-brained idea of serving up Web pages, but for controlling a manufacturer's service cost.

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