Brain Will Be Battlefield of the Future, Warns US

Anti-Globalism sends this except from the Guardian: "In a report commissioned by the Defense Intelligence Agency, leading scientists were asked to examine how a greater understanding of the brain over the next 20 years is likely to drive the development of new medicines and technologies. They found several areas in which progress could have a profound impact, including behaviour-altering drugs, scanners that can interpret a person's state of mind and devices capable of boosting senses such as hearing and vision. ...The report highlights one electronic technique, called transcranial direct current stimulation, which involves using electrical pulses to interfere with the firing of neurons in the brain and has been shown to delay a person's ability to tell a lie."

Comments

Brain battle

[aedan]

So George Bush has lost that one already.

Re:Brain battle

[BitterOldGUy]

it seems neither do you, bitch ass cunt.

Home alone on a Friday night slamming back several, eh? Either that, you're the first person that types with Tourette's syndrome.

Re:Used for war, they'll be used for "peace" contr

[plutoXL]

They will not be horrible. You will learn to like them.

20 Years?

[taustin]

So, in 20 years, we'll have various forms of mind control, so we can force immortal (available in 20 years) enemy soldiers to steal the (available in 20 years) fusion powered (available in 20 years) flying cars (available in 20 years) and attack the space elevator (available in 20 years) that supplies our permanent colonies on the moon (available in 20 years)?

The future's looking bright!

Re:Delay a person's ability to tell a lie

[db32]

The sales demonstrations certainly would be fun. Hook up the sales rep and then start asking questions about the product. :)