1950s: Jose Delgado, MD, pioneered wireless implanted electrode to control human behavior

Delgado was the Director of Neuropsychiatry at Yale University Medical School who was called a “technological wizard” for his numerous inventions. He invented a miniature electrode implanted in the brain — called a stimoceiver — which is capable of receiving and transmitting electronic signals wirelessly through radio waves. Once implanted, the subject’s emotional and behavioral … Continue reading 1950s: Jose Delgado, MD, pioneered wireless implanted electrode to control human behavior