The US Army's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced a program aimed at developing an implantable neuron device that will allow the human brain to communicate directly with a computer.
The device will be about the size of a sugar cube, and will attempt to achieve real-time communication between the human brain and a computer using binary code.
The program, called Neural Engineering System Design (NESD), will dramatically improve research capacity in neurotechnology and provide advanced treatments aimed at ameliorating deficits in vision or hearing.
The NARD of DARPA will feed digital audio or visual information to the brain with a much higher proportion than the 4k used by today's televisions.
"The best brain-computer systems we use today are like two supercomputers trying to talk to each other using an old 300-baud modem," said Phillip Alvelda, NESD program manager.
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Future impacts on this type of technology are rather awe-inspiring. Imagine a future that has instant search on Google, instructions or communications without ever needing a device.
