Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Military Can Get Info Directly From the Brain of Soldiers
Military Developing Brainwave Binoculars
Military binoculars may soon get information directly from the brains of the soldiers using them.
The brain is constantly processing images but most get filtered out. All the things identified by the brain doesn't make it to the conscious level.
The Pentagon wants to use the full potential of the brain, so it has awarded contracts to two defense firms to develop brainwave-aided binoculars. It hopes that soldiers can detect threats from miles farther away with the intelligent binoculors.
"Electrodes on the scalp inside a helmet will record the user's brain activity as it processes information about high-resolution images produced by wide-angle military binoculars. Those responses will train the binoculars over time to recognize threats."
Sensics, Inc., a Baltimore-based maker of panoramic head-mounted displays won $6.7 million and HRL Laboratories received $4.3 million for their research.
Source - Lasvegassun
Military binoculars may soon get information directly from the brains of the soldiers using them.The brain is constantly processing images but most get filtered out. All the things identified by the brain doesn't make it to the conscious level.
The Pentagon wants to use the full potential of the brain, so it has awarded contracts to two defense firms to develop brainwave-aided binoculars. It hopes that soldiers can detect threats from miles farther away with the intelligent binoculors.
"Electrodes on the scalp inside a helmet will record the user's brain activity as it processes information about high-resolution images produced by wide-angle military binoculars. Those responses will train the binoculars over time to recognize threats."
Sensics, Inc., a Baltimore-based maker of panoramic head-mounted displays won $6.7 million and HRL Laboratories received $4.3 million for their research.
Source - Lasvegassun
Labels: Instrumentation-Engineering, Robotics
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