{"id":27890,"date":"2018-03-19T18:37:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T18:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/19\/darpa-wants-to-connect-human-brains-and-machines\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:24:33","slug":"darpa-wants-to-connect-human-brains-and-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2018\/03\/19\/darpa-wants-to-connect-human-brains-and-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"DARPA wants to connect human brains and machines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 As unmanned platforms, cyber systems and human-machine partnering become more prevalent in 21st century war fighting, the effectiveness of combat units will be determined by how quickly information can be processed and transmitted between air-breathers and machines. To achieve the high levels of brain-system communication that will be required on future battlefields, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new program to develop a noninvasive neural interface that will connect soldiers with technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N\u00b3)<\/a> program is to \u201cpursue a path to a safe, portable neural interface system capable of reading from and writing to multiple points in the brain at once,\u201d according to Dr. Al Emondi, a program manager in DARPA\u2019s Biological Technologies Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re asking multidisciplinary teams of researchers to construct approaches that enable precise interaction with very small areas of the brain, without sacrificing signal resolution or introducing unacceptable latency into the N3<\/sup> system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t