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Pentagon Project Aims to Create Telepathic Troops

DARPA boffins tasked with turning brain waves into silent words

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(Newser) – The Pentagon has launched a project officials hope will help soldiers of the future read each other's minds on the battlefield, Wired reports. DARPA—dubbed the military's "mad scientist" division—has been given $4 million to develop technology that can detect and analyze brain waves that precede specific speech. Scientists hope that soldiers will one day be able to read those brain signals via devices such as mind-reading binoculars.

The goal, a researcher for the Silent Talk project said, is to "allow user-to-user communication on the battlefield without the use of vocalized speech through analysis of neural signals."

Military chiefs believe telepathic communication would greatly improve the efficiency of special forces operations.
Military chiefs believe telepathic communication would greatly improve the efficiency of special forces operations.   (AP Photo/Azamat Imanaliev)
The military has funded several mind-control projects in recent years, and issued a report last year saying neuroscience could help make the enemy obey its commands.
The military has funded several mind-control projects in recent years, and issued a report last year saying neuroscience could help make the enemy obey its commands.   (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
The US military is funding a project that aims to enable soldiers to communicate telepathically.
The US military is funding a project that aims to enable soldiers to communicate telepathically.   (Getty Images)
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Collusive
May 15, 09 8:47 AM CDT
And what if the enemy hacks into this program the way they do with every other part of the Pentagon's cyberspace. Reply
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May 15, 09 8:47 AM CDT
And what if the enemy hacks into this program the way they do with every other part of the Pentagon's cyberspace? Reply
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NutsInNY
May 15, 09 9:19 AM CDT
Go away crazy spam guy with the train wreck of a website.
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Observer
May 15, 09 9:04 AM CDT
This is really frightening. If it is doable, I am leaving this police state for safer havens like North Korea or Iran. It would not be long before police use this against "We the People'. Let's test this on the Generals and CIA staff first. Would somebody please beat the insane militarists into submission?The Pentagon is completely out of control. Reply
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NutsInNY
May 15, 09 9:20 AM CDT
So will the new policy on gays in the military become "Don't ask, don't think"? Reply
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