Rats can navigate mazes, even when blind

Prosthetic compass wired into brain substitutes for sight

SENSE OF DIRECTION  Blind rats have learned to successfully navigate complex mazes with the help of a prosthetic compass and microchip wired into their brains.

Yuji Ikegayaand Hiroaki Norimoto/University of Tokyo

With a compass-microchip prosthetic wired into their brains, blind rats can learn to navigate complex mazes to find food.