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The Pentagon Wants to Bring Mind-Controlled Tech To Troops
nextgov.com ^ | JULY 17, 2018 | Jack Corrigan,

Posted on 07/17/2018 8:39:04 AM PDT by ransomnote

The idea of humans controlling machines with their minds has spun off sci-fi blockbusters like “Pacific Rim” and entire subgenres of foreign film, but while today skyscraper-sized fighting robots exist only on the big screen, the Pentagon is building technology that could one day make them a reality.

Today, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is selecting teams to develop a “neural interface” that would both allow troops to connect to military systems using their brainwaves and let those systems transmit back information directly to users’ brains.

The Next-Generation Non-Surgical Neurotechnology, or N3, program aims to combine the speed and processing power of computers with humans’ ability to adapt to complex situations, DARPA said. In other words, the technology would let people control, feel and interact with a remote machine as though it were a part of their own body.

“From the first time a human carved a rock into a blade or formed a spear, humans have been creating tools to help them interact with the world around them,” said Al Emondi, the program manager at DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office. “The tools we use have grown more sophisticated over time … but these still require some form of physical control interface—touch, motion or voice. What neural interfaces promise is a richer, more powerful and more natural experience in which our brains effectively become the tool.”

DARPA began studying interactions between humans and machines in the 1960s, and while technology that merges the two may sound far-fetched, the organization already proved it’s possible.

(Excerpt) Read more at nextgov.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: darpa; miltech; mindcontrol; pentagon; secdefmattis; trumpdod
What could possibly go wrong.
Hillary could really have USED this had she been president.

MOre at the link

1 posted on 07/17/2018 8:39:04 AM PDT by ransomnote
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2 posted on 07/17/2018 8:40:50 AM PDT by TADSLOS
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To: ransomnote
Like with Reggie Jackson in "Naked Gun"?

"I...must...kill...the Queen"

3 posted on 07/17/2018 8:42:32 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ransomnote

Reminds me of a LEFT BEHIND movie...


4 posted on 07/17/2018 8:45:53 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm( 32:12)
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No that’s bringing tech to mind control.

Am I the only one that occasionally has errant thoughts that could result in disaster with mind controlled tech?

You know: “What if I turned those guns on myself? Wait no!!! Aaaaagh!”


5 posted on 07/17/2018 8:52:45 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: ransomnote

Maybe they could apply that tech to the Deep State subversives and all Democrats in general. Beam this into their heads —> “Socialism fails wherever it is tried. It brings misery and poverty. Communism kills innocents. Socialism and communism enslave people.”

But Dems see this as features, not bugs, so this might reinforce their “thinking.”


6 posted on 07/17/2018 8:56:54 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: TADSLOS

Yep, the ‘Goats’ movie...that was the first thing I thought of too.


7 posted on 07/17/2018 9:04:37 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: ransomnote

They already use mind control, it’s just the public is more open to it so they are releasing the info.


8 posted on 07/17/2018 9:05:59 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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Let's see, the Pentagon cannot pass an audit, cannot manage a next generation fighter program, cannot protect their data from China, cannot tell the difference between a man and a woman, and was suckered into giving millions to Syrian rebels that were playing them.

This should work out fine.#FormerPentagonEmployee.

9 posted on 07/17/2018 9:07:06 AM PDT by Salvavida
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We’re already using mind control- Trumps session with Putin resulted in the liberals losing their minds. It was a controlled effort of mind control


10 posted on 07/17/2018 9:11:14 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Salvavida

What a recipe for disasters! Anything the gov’t tries to control always seems to 1). Cost US lots of money and 2) I pairs if not eliminates more of our freedoms....so, He’ll NO!


11 posted on 07/17/2018 9:12:17 AM PDT by princess leah
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To: TADSLOS

Fun movie, but the book was better.


12 posted on 07/17/2018 9:13:18 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ransomnote

bookmark


13 posted on 07/17/2018 9:26:23 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...

YEAH, that will bring in more volunteers to this Man’s Army.../s


14 posted on 07/17/2018 10:05:27 AM PDT by bitt (Obama was eloquent with his lies, ..Trump is brutal with his truth!)
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Today, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is selecting teams to develop a “neural interface” that would both allow troops to connect to military systems using their brainwaves and let those systems transmit back information directly to users’ brains.

But you must think in Russian (or HTML5 depending on the version of Firefox you have)..


15 posted on 07/17/2018 10:47:06 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (I can't tell if we live in an Erostocracy (rule by sex) or an Eristocracy (rule by strife and chaos))
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To: KarlInOhio

Nice tie in to the movie and to the search engine!!


17 posted on 07/17/2018 5:49:32 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: All

forbes.com

President Obama established the unit—officially known as the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST)—to use insights from psychology, behavioral economics, and other decision sciences to improve federal programs and operations. Those social sciences increasingly appreciate what regular folks have long known: people are imperfect. We procrastinate. We avoid making choices. We get confused and discouraged by complex forms. We forget to do things. We sometimes lack the energy to weigh decisions thoroughly, so we act based on what we think our peers do or how choices are framed. And we sometimes cut corners when we think no one is looking.

Changing how people engage with the choices they face—“nudging” them—can reduce those imperfections and substantially affect their decisions. The SBST is exploring how that insight can improve government activities.


18 posted on 07/17/2018 6:29:33 PM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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