The Pentagon Wants Soldier's Minds Connected To Computers

Daily Mail: US government is funding research into technology that will connect soldiers' brains to computers

* DARPA is funding an initiative to connect soldiers' minds to computers
* Technology could control UAV's, monitor security networks, and communicate
* Devices will likely take the form of a helmet that can read users' brain signals
* The agency says it is aiming to have a preliminary device ready in four years

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding research that could give a future generation of soldiers the power to control machines and weapons with their minds.

The agency said it will fund six organizations through the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program who will work to design and build interfaces for application in the U.S. military, that could be worn be soldiers and translate their brain signals into instructions.

Those instructions could be used to control swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles, wield cyber defense systems, or facilitate military communications.

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Update #1: The Government Is Serious About Creating Mind-Controlled Weapons (Live Science)
Update #2: DARPA Wants Soldiers To Control Machines With Their Minds (Popular Mechanics)

WNU editor: The goal is to establish a neural network that will speed up the response time for soldiers.