DARPA Working on Spidey Sense for Soldiers

anti-human 1 writes to tell us Wired is reporting that DARPA is developing a new optics system to help soldiers identify threats earlier. "The most far-reaching component of the binocs has nothing to do with the optics: it's Darpa's aspirations to integrate EEG electrodes that monitor the wearer's neural signals, cueing soldiers to recognize targets faster than the unaided brain could on its own. The idea is that EEG can spot 'neural signatures' for target detection before the conscious mind becomes aware of a potential threat or target. [...] In other words, like Spiderman's 'spider sense', a soldier could be alerted to danger that his or her brain had sensed, but not yet had time to process."

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[Drew McKinney]

Sorry for the obligatory Simpsons quote.

No problem, try this one on for size:

"I, for one, welcome our new arachnid overlords."

Darpa should give Spidey sense to Bush !

[The Media Mechanic]

Maybe then he will finally clue into the fact that fewer and fewer Americans support his flawed Iraq policy with each passing week...

http://www.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/Approval.htm