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 DARPAs Biological Technologies Office. The tools we use have grown more sophisticated over time but these still require some form of physical control interfacetouch, 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 its possible.
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MOre at the link
"I...must...kill...the Queen"
Reminds me of a LEFT BEHIND movie...
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!”
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.”
Yep, the ‘Goats’ movie...that was the first thing I thought of too.
They already use mind control, it’s just the public is more open to it so they are releasing the info.
This should work out fine.#FormerPentagonEmployee.
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
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!
Fun movie, but the book was better.
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YEAH, that will bring in more volunteers to this Man’s Army.../s
But you must think in Russian (or HTML5 depending on the version of Firefox you have)..
Nice tie in to the movie and to the search engine!!
forbes.com
President Obama established the unitofficially 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 facenudging themcan reduce those imperfections and substantially affect their decisions. The SBST is exploring how that insight can improve government activities.
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