High-tech field glasses would utilize the human brain's detection of danger
By MARC SHAPIRO, Staff Writer
By MARC SHAPIRO, Staff Writer
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
07/06/08
Northrop Grumman is in the early stages of developing brain-wave binoculars that could tap into the mind's ability to sense threats miles away and give soldiers on the battlefield more time to react to threats.
"The idea is to capture the very quick response you get in the brain," said Jan Walker, public affairs officer for the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. "It would allow the warfighter more time to react to threats."
Northrop Grumman was awarded a $6.7 million contract to develop the binoculars.
DARPA awarded the contract to the Linthicum defense firm in March to...
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