The US military wants to create a 'cyborg' based on brain-computer interaction

The U.S. Department of Defense plans to develop a brain-computer interaction technology that could turn its soldiers into 'cyborgs' connected directly to computers. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said on the 19th that it is conducting a research project called 'Neural Engineering System Design' (NESD), which aims to develop a neural interface that can be implanted in the human body. The human brain is directly connected to the computer. This neural interface would act as a 'translator,' translating between the electrochemical language of the brain's neurons and the language of electronic information technology -- 0s and 1s. DARPA revealed that the biocompatible neural interface would be as large as one cubic centimeter. The current brain-computer interaction system allows the brain and computer to be connected to each other through 100 channels, and each channel simultaneously collects information from thousands of brain neurons. The result is a lot of noise and imprecise information during brain-computer interaction. DARPA plans to refine the technology so that the system can precisely connect as many as a million neurons in specific brain regions. This would enable better control of the brain-computer interaction system, reduce its noise, and theoretically increase the speed at which the brain communicates with the computer. 'The best brain-computer interaction systems out there are like two supercomputers trying to talk with an ancient 300-baud modem,' said Philippe Alverda, NESD project leader. 'Imagine if we could upgrade the tool and actually open up the human brain.' What happens in the channel with modern electronic systems.' DARPA said that achieving this 'high-level' goal will require common understanding in fields such as neuroscience, synthetic biology, low-power electronics, photonics, medical device manufacturing, and more. breakthrough. According to the British 'Guardian' report, all scientific research projects funded by DARPA are aimed at military applications. However, brain-computer interaction technology is also very useful in advanced civil applications, including mechanical prosthetics, sensory restoration such as vision, and disease control. The NESD project is part of the 'Brain Research Initiative for Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies' (BRAIN, referred to as the 'Brain Project') initiated by Obama in 2013. The 'Brain Project' is expected to invest hundreds of millions of dollars. Its goal is to explore the working mechanism of the human brain, draw a complete picture of human brain activity, and eventually find treatments for brain diseases.