First Musk, Then Facebook, Now DARPA Wants to Create Brain-Computer Interfaces

‘The US military’s shadowy research branch, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has outlined a US$65 million plan to develop advanced neural implants connecting brains to computers, in order to treat sensory deficits like blindness. The agency is just the latest body to throw its proverbial hat into the brain-computer interface ring.
In years to come, 2017 may well be remembered as the year when the attempt to merge machines and the human brain went supernova.
In March, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk announced the creation of Neuralink, and in April, Facebook’s Building 8 division embarked on a project aimed at achieving control of computers via mere human thought.
DARPA’s effort is being carried out by six research teams, including two seeking to restore vision using light-emitting diodes, one to decode speech using “neurograin” sensors, and another using holographic microscopes to detect neural activity that could replace lost vision or act as an interface to control artificial appendages.’
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