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How a 1960s Discovery In Neuroscience Spawned a Military Project
Harperdog writes "This is pretty fascinating: The Chronicle of Higher Ed has an article about a DARPA project that allows researchers to scan satellite photos, video, etc., and have a computer pick up differences in brain activity to tell whether an image has been seen...images that might flash by before conscious recognition. From the article: 'In a small, anonymous office in the Trump Tower, 28 floors above Wall Street, a man sits in front of a computer screen sifting through satellite images of a foreign desert. The images depict a vast, sandy emptiness, marked every so often by dunes and hills. He is searching for man-made structures: houses, compounds, airfields, any sign of civilization that might be visible from the sky. The images flash at a rate of 20 per second, so fast that before he can truly perceive the details of each landscape, it is gone. He pushes no buttons, takes no notes. His performance is near perfect.'"
It just has a terribly documented API.
Wait, you cannot carry on a conversation without looking at someone? Why the hell should I look at someone just to talk with him, that's what my ears are for. I can use my eyes for something more useful than looking at your face.
Jeesh, some people are really full of themselves. Just 'cause I'm talking with you doesn't mean you need my full attention, there are very few people who can actually transfer information fast and complicated enough to need this elevated level of attention.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.