{"id":34300,"date":"2019-10-31T21:57:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/darpa-finansiruet-shest-proektov-po-sozdaniyu-interfejsa-chelovek-kompyuter\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T21:57:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:57:30","slug":"darpa-finansiruet-shest-proektov-po-sozdaniyu-interfejsa-chelovek-kompyuter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/news\/darpa-finansiruet-shest-proektov-po-sozdaniyu-interfejsa-chelovek-kompyuter","title":{"rendered":"DARPA funds six projects for human-computer interface development","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will fund six organizations as part of the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program, first announced in March 2018. Participants include the Battelle Memorial Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Rice University, and Teledyne Scientific, all of which have their own teams of scientists and researchers developing bidirectional brain-computer interfaces. DARPA expects these technologies to enable qualified military personnel to directly control active cybersecurity systems and swarms of drones in the future and to use them for collaborative work with computer systems during complex multitasking missions.<\/p>\n

\"DARPA<\/p>\n

\"DARPA is preparing for a future where the combination of unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, and cyber operations could lead to scenarios requiring decision-making speed too rapid to effectively manage without modern technology,\" said Dr. Al Emondi, the N3 program manager. \"By creating an accessible brain-machine interface that does not require surgical intervention for use, DARPA will be able to provide the military with a tool allowing mission commanders to meaningfully engage in dynamic operations occurring at super-fast speeds.\"<\/p>\n

Over the past 18 years, DARPA has consistently showcased increasingly sophisticated neurotechnologies that rely on surgically implanted electrodes to interact with the central or peripheral nervous system. For instance, the agency has demonstrated technologies such as mental control of prosthetic limbs and restoring the sense of touch for their users, a technology to alleviate hard-to-treat psychoneurological disorders like depression, as well as methods to enhance and restore memory. Due to the inherent risks associated with surgical intervention in the brain, these technologies have so far been used cautiously with volunteers who have a clinical need for them.<\/p>\n

<\/center>
\n\"DARPA<\/p>\n

In order for the military to benefit from neurotechnologies, non-surgical application options are needed, as it is evident that mass surgical interventions among military commanders do not seem like a great idea at this time. Military technologies could also provide significant benefits to ordinary people. By eliminating the need for surgery, N3 projects broaden the range of potential patients who could access treatments like deep brain stimulation for neurological disorders.<\/p>\n

Participants in the N3 program employ various approaches in their research to extract information from the brain and relay it back. Some projects utilize optics, while others use acoustics and electromagnetism. Some teams are developing fully non-invasive interfaces that exist entirely outside the human body, while other teams are exploring slightly invasive technologies using nano-transducers that can be temporarily non-surgically delivered to the brain to improve signal resolution and accuracy.<\/p>\n