Home | News | A Light Switch for Neurons: Ed Boyden at TED2011 A Light Switch for Neurons: Ed Boyden at TED2011 Anne Trafton | March 3, 2011May 24, 2023 Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email In this talk presented at the 2011 TED conference, Ed Boyden describes a radical new technology for controlling brain activity with light. A bionic knee integrated into tissue can restore natural movement MIT’s McGovern Institute and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences welcome new faculty member Sven Dorkenwald Feng Zhang elected to EMBO membership See all news