A CHIP IN THE HEAD BY 2020 According to the Boston Globe, the U.S. government plans “to spend more than $70 million over five years to jump to the next level of brain implants”. This new project is being called the Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies (SUBNETS), and the goal is to be able to monitor the “mental health” of soldiers and veterans. The following is how a recent CNET article described SUBNETS… SUBNETS is inspired by Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), a surgical treatment that involves implanting a brain pacemaker in the patient’s skull to interfere with brain activity to help with symptoms of diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson’s. DARPA’s device will be similar, but rather than targeting one specific symptom, it will be able to monitor and analyse data in real time and issue a specific intervention according to brain activity. According to a Computer World UK article, Intel believes that they will have Internet-connected brain implants in people’s heads by the year 2020… By the year 2020, you won’t need a keyboard and mouse to control your computer, say Intel researchers. Instead, users will open documents and surf the web using nothing more than their brain waves... Read more and do like the page: https://facebook/oneworldupdates
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 23:25:22 +0000
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