DARPA Wants Soldiers to Control Drones With Their Thoughts
15 hours ago__Victor Tangermann__Filed Under: Sci-Fi Visions
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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has officially funded a program to come up with a brain-machine interface — in the form of a headset designed to let military personnel control anything from “active cyber defense systems†to “swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles†through brain activity alone, according to a press release.
The agency is hoping such an interface could make it easier for service members to carry out complex tasks and help them multitask as well.
“Just as service members put on protective and tactical gear in preparation for a mission, in the future they might put on a headset containing a neural interface, use the technology however it’s needed, then put the tool aside when the mission is complete,†said program manager Al Emondi in the press release.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/darpa-brain-machine-interface-drone
