• Ready your tinfoil hats: DARPA wants ultrasonic transcranial mind control for US soldiers.
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[I]via: [/I]Armed with Science [release] Every single aspect of human sensation, perception, emotion, and behavior is regulated by brain activity. Thus, having the ability to stimulate brain function is a powerful technology. Recent advances in neurotechnology have shown that brain stimulation is capable of treating neurological diseases and brain injury, as well as serving platforms around which brain-computer interfaces can be built for various purposes. Several limitations however still pose significant challenges to implementing traditional brain stimulation methods for treating diseases and controlling information processing in brain circuits. For example, deep-brain stimulating (DBS) electrodes used to treat movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease require neurosurgery in order to implant electrodes and batteries into patients. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) used to treat drug-resistant depression and other disorders do not require surgery, but have a low spatial resolution of approximately one centimeter and cannot stimulate deep brain circuits where many diseased circuits reside. To overcome the above limitations, my [URL="http://tylerlab.com/"]laboratory[/URL] has engineered a novel technology which implements transcranial pulsed ultrasound to remotely and directly stimulate brain circuits without requiring surgery. Further, we have shown this ultrasonic neuromodulation approach confers a spatial resolution approximately five times greater than TMS and can exert its effects upon subcortical brain circuits deep within the brain. A portion of our initial work has been supported by the [URL="http://www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/rdecom/index.html"]U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command[/URL] (RDECOM) [URL="http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm"]Army Research Laboratory[/URL] (ARL) where we have been working to develop methods for encoding sensory data onto the cortex using pulsed ultrasound. Through a recent grant made by the [URL="http://www.darpa.mil/"]Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency[/URL] (DARPA) [URL="http://www.darpa.mil/mto/programs/yfa/index.html"]Young Faculty Award Program[/URL], our research will begin undergoing the next phases of research and development aimed towards engineering future applications using this neurotechnology for our country’s warfighters. Here, we will continue exploring the influence of ultrasound on brain function and begin using transducer phased arrays to examine the influence of focused ultrasound on intact brain circuits. We will also be investigating the use of capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers (CMUTs) for use in brain stimulation. Finally, to improve upon spatial resolution, we will examine the use of acoustic metamaterials and hyperlenses to study how subdiffraction limited ultrasound influences brain wave activity patterns. How can this technology be used to provide our nation’s Warfighters with strategic advantages? We have developed working and conceptual prototypes in which ballistic helmets can be fitted with ultrasound transducers and microcontroller devices to illustrate potential applications as shown below. We look forward to developing a close working relationship with [URL="http://www.darpa.mil/"]DARPA[/URL] and other [URL="http://www.defense.gov/"]Department of Defense[/URL] and U.S. Intelligence Communities to bring some of these applications to fruition over the coming years depending on the most pressing needs of our country’s defense industries.[/release] [url=http://science.dodlive.mil/2010/09/01/remote-control-of-brain-activity-using-ultrasound/]Source[/url] :tinfoil:
Conspiracy theorists jump at even practical usages of devices
mindfuck
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Jokes on them, I already have lead-lined my skull with subdermal implants!
Reminds me of Deus Ex for some reason.
:science: ugh... :tinfoil:
[img]http://www.toplessrobot.com/19200-Deluxe-Adult-G-I-Joe-Doctor-Mask-main.jpg[/img] "THEY FEEL NO PAIN OR FEAR" Seriously, this is tinfoil-worthy..
[img]http://mob269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/downarchive2/member5/390a1a1c.jpg?t=1253094449[/img] ? Really, thats what I thought of when I read the title at least.
I hope they can never develop such technology. Think about that, once they have the technology to control soldiers, who can guarantee that someone suddenly won't decide to expand its usage to civilians?
I want the opposite. I want to hook a soldiers brain up to a robotic soldier. If the robot is destroyed it automatically switches to another nearby unit.
reminds me of: [IMG]http://www.vizyonperdesi.com/afisler/Evrenin-Askerleri-Universal-Soldier-.jpg[/IMG] generally stimulants such as those are stupidly dangerous even if they are refined and developed, they tried the crude drug form of that in Vietnam and it made some troops go haywire.
The chance that they would even bother using this shit on us is almost next to nil. Not in a hundred years would they bother. Training is as good as it gets right now. To do so would make things far more unstable, apart from being unethical, and impractical.
[img_thumb]http://theinfosphere.org/images/5/5c/Legionofmadfellows.jpg[/img_thumb] Anyone else think of this? [editline]07:08PM[/editline] Thumbed for page stretchiness.
People at DARPA should go play Metal Gear Solid and learn why this is a bad idea
Didn't the nazi's work on mind control during the wars?
Surprised noone mentioned Metal Gear Solid.
The funny thing is DARPA is actually featured in at least the first MGS, I think they also featured in 2.
In a few years we will have some old guy in shades break every single weapon.
[quote]We have developed working and conceptual prototypes in which ballistic helmets can be fitted with ultrasound transducers and microcontroller devices to illustrate potential applications as shown below.[/quote] yes and when the helmet is nudged by one millimetre it will trigger the wrong part of the brain, so instead of the soldier aiming to shoot the taliban over the hill he stops breathing instead
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;24739300]yes and when the helmet is nudged by one millimetre it will trigger the wrong part of the brain, so instead of the soldier aiming to shoot the taliban over the hill he stops breathing instead[/QUOTE] Pretty sure, that's not going to happen.
[QUOTE=Tetracycline;24725300]Conspiracy theorists jump at even practical usages of devices[/QUOTE] Not without some basis, though. Any technology is neutral until applied, but many, many things with "good" intentions have the potential to be used in a bad way.
[QUOTE=Sir Muffin;24740715]Not without some basis, though. Any technology is neutral until applied, but many, many things with "good" intentions have the potential to be used in a bad way.[/QUOTE] But that doesn't mean they will, they're just distrusting of the people who practically raised them (public schooling y'know)
Whenever I see the name DARPA all I can hear in my head is Campbell from mgs. Fuck you Donald Anderson you heart attack having fuck.
They need to give those helmets to the girlfriends and wives of the soldiers too. When they come home, they won't have to seduce their significant others into handjobs/blowjobs/sex, they'll just give the command for it.
I didn't want to blow up that village, my brain implants were acting up, I swear!
[QUOTE=Géza!;24728844]I hope they can never develop such technology. Think about that, once they have the technology to control soldiers, who can guarantee that someone suddenly won't decide to expand its usage to civilians?[/QUOTE] The hill billies with shotguns that say "thur taken mah freedum, brandeen get lucy the 12 bore!" Anyone who tries to pull this stunt will instantly get their intestine tore out through their eye socket. [editline]08:52PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Mr.Dounut;24740094]Pretty sure, that's not going to happen.[/QUOTE] He has a point a slight movement could trigger a similar action but not the desired action, for example instead of firing the morta at a bearing of 72 degrees he fires at 73 degrees and instead of hitting that insurgent held building, hits the school next door. That's really bad for PR and that's a best case scenario if this goes wrong, he could hit an orphanage or some shit :ohdear:
[QUOTE=bravehat;24923736]The hill billies with shotguns that say "thur taken mah freedum, brandeen get lucy the 12 bore!" Anyone who tries to pull this stunt will instantly get their intestine tore out through their eye socket. [/QUOTE] Don't listen to him, his mind is already being controlled
And that's ANOTHER reason for why I'll never join the military
[QUOTE=bravehat;24923736]The hill billies with shotguns that say "thur taken mah freedum, brandeen get lucy the 12 bore!" Anyone who tries to pull this stunt will instantly get their intestine tore out through their eye socket. [editline]08:52PM[/editline] He has a point a slight movement could trigger a similar action but not the desired action, for example instead of firing the morta at a bearing of 72 degrees he fires at 73 degrees and instead of hitting that insurgent held building, hits the school next door. That's really bad for PR and that's a best case scenario if this goes wrong, he could hit an orphanage or some shit :ohdear:[/QUOTE] Yeah but at least mind control would give him the chance to hit the insurgent, without it he'd probably miss anyway
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