US military experts are attempting to create an army of super-human soldiers who will be more intelligent and deadly thanks to a microchip implanted in their brains.
Scientists believe the implant will vastly improve the memory of troops so that they can recall every detail of their training and become more effective fighters.
Researchers at the University of Southern California’s bio-engineering department have created the chip, which acts in exactly the same way as the hippocampus — the part of the brain that deals with memory.
Super-soldiers may get brain-chip (Daily Telegraph)
De Gennes also referred to “the terrifying aspect of it”, describing a little-publicised programme currently underway in the US military in which such implants might be inserted into the brains of pilots so that they can guide their jets without having physically to touch any instruments.
“The jet pilot will not grab the wheel. He will just think ‘turn to the right’ and the plane will turn. This is somewhat terrifying.”
Nobel Laureate: Brain implants ‘important but terrifying‘ (Cyprus Mail)
Previously ‘varked:
- Attack of the Robot Professors
- Brain-Computer Interface
- Yikes (remote-controlled humans)
- More Than a Little Creepy (”robotic animals”)
- Remote control of Brains (remote-controlled fly brains)
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