US Air Force aims to train pilots faster using brain electrode
Garrett Reim By Garrett Reim12 October 2020
Some will feel a slight tingling sensation. Others will feel nothing at all.
The electrode placed inside the ear canal is not designed to shock. Rather, the US Air Force Research Laboratory (ARFL) believes the earbud-like device, when placed next to the brain’s vagus nerve, will have more of an intellectually stimulating effect. It ought to create moments of super learning, controllable periods of focus that allow pilots to soak up their flight training faster than previously humanly possible.
Subjects’ brain activity was observed during prior experiment
In August, the AFRL’s 711th Human Performance Wing launched its Individualized Neural Learning System (iNeuraLS) project, an effort to speed up pilot training through brain stimulation. The US Air Force (USAF) has been dogged for years by a pilot shortage and hopes the technology can help it quickly refill its ranks.
https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/us-air-force-aims-to-train-pilots-faster-using-brain-electrode/140554.article
