The ones that I saw, were sat building 8 it facebook itself and Regina Dugan had already
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The other one I suspected was darpa:
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Here’s another solid DARPA Facebook possibility
Mark Chevillet - Research Director - Facebook The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
Johns Hopkins University, APL to Join Facebook-Funded Tech Development Research Agreement
https://www.darpa.mil/program/revolutionizing-prosthetics
The Modular Prosthetic Limb, developed for DARPA by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
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Another possible connection:
“The Revolutionizing Prosthetics program has been an incredible driver of new innovations,” said APL Director Ralph Semmel. “Our engineers are always seeking to have a positive impact on our nation, and the improvement of prosthetics for our wounded warriors is a great way to do that.”
As announced today at Facebook’s F8 conference, APL is currently applying these advances to support a new project in Facebook’s Building 8, the company’s hardware development and research and development group. The project focuses on developing a silent speech interface that will allow users to type 100 words per minute — five times faster than typing on a smartphone — using only their thoughts.
“This program is an excellent example of how APL is transitioning novel technologies developed for Revolutionizing Prosthetics into other domains,” Semmel said. “The research agreement with Facebook has also allowed us to expand our pioneering brain–machine interface work, and further combine our expertise in neuroscience with our expertise in optical imaging.”
In December 2016, Johns Hopkins University and its Applied Physics Laboratory joined a select group of universities and research centers in a unique collaboration agreement with Building 8. The Sponsored Academic Research Agreement, or SARA, allows Facebook to set up research projects within weeks or even days, rather than months. Facebook’s Building 8 is headed by Regina Dugan, former director of DARPA, and applies DARPA-style breakthrough development at the intersection of science and products.
The work is being conducted in APL’s National Health Mission Area, which focuses on delivering effective and resilient systems solutions to complex health care challenges.
“This research has the potential to radically transform our ability to measure and understand brain activity associated with numerous neurological conditions,” said Sezin Palmer, mission area executive for National Health at APL. “We are ecstatic to be developing a system that may not only enable mind-blowing applications for our sponsor but also open up an entirely new world to doctors and researchers working to understand the markers of neurological health and human performance.”
“APL has a diverse set of skills and capabilities to address this challenge,” said APL’s David Blodgett, project manager and chief scientist of the Research and Exploratory Development Department. “We needed expertise ranging from neuroscience to optical remote sensing, which are very different fields of study—but at APL, it’s all found on the same campus.”
Along with JHU and APL, the original 17 organizations to join the Facebook SARA are the California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Rice University, University of California San Francisco, UC Berkeley, Northeastern University, Princeton University, University of Waterloo (Canada), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Arizona State University, Texas A&M University, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech.