[Off - Topic] The Ultimate Brain

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[Off - Topic] The Ultimate Brain

Quick Summary: Below is news fascinating to Futurists:

An exciting development in human Brain-Machine interfaces

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Take a look at the following interesting URL:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/08/020820071329.htm

Source: Duke University (http://www.duke.edu)

Date: Posted 8/21/2002

DARPA To Support Development Of Human Brain-Machine Interfaces

DURHAM, N.C. -- Devices including " neuroprosthetic "

limbs for paralyzed people and " neurorobots "

controlled by brain signals from human operators could

be the ultimate applications of brain-machine

interface technologies developed under a $26 million

contract to Duke University sponsored by the Defense

Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

The contract is part of DARPA's Brain-Machine Interfaces

Program (http://www.darpa.mil/dso/thrust/sp/bmi.htm),

which seeks to develop new technologies for augmenting

human performance by accessing the brain in real time

and integrating the information into external devices.

-- Warren