By linking the brains of a human and a rat, scientists have now helped a man wiggle a rodent’s tail using only the man’s thoughts.

The man had electrodes stuck onto his scalp that picked up brain-wave activity. The rat was placed in a machine that focused ultrasound pulses through its skull to its brain, and was anesthetized so that it would not wriggle its head during the experiment.

The interface was accurate 94 percent of the time, with a time delay of only about 1.6 seconds from the moment the man initiated his intent to the rat tail’s wiggling.

That looks like one unenthusiastic rat. Then again, at least he has a future after this experiment.

Via Yahoo! News.