The U.S. military wants to build a brain modem that allows you to control objects by willpower. How realistic is it?
The U.S. military is beginning work on a new “implantable neural interface” that it hopes will allow wearers to transmit data back and forth from their brains to external digital devices.
That’s right—a brain modem. One that can connect to a staggering one million neurons at a time, up from the mere thousands that are possible today.
The implications are profound for the armed forces and civilians. Imagine controlling your tank, car or microwave oven with your mind. Or steering a drone with your thoughts and “seeing” what the drone’s sensors see—in real time. Imagine making a hands-free phone call by simply willing it… then talking out loud.
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Update: DARPA Wants Implanted Brain Chips to Directly Communicate with Computers (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: We are still far away from any practical application of this technology. But this is an indication on where the military wants to go.
2 comments:
Hopefully this will be one of the military advances that will have more civilian than military applications, especially for handicapped people. The Pentagon has unlimited funds for such R&D.
A brain modem would be great ... so long as the individual can control and is not hacked.
On second thought not such a great ideal.
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