Re: implanting brain chips for super humans
- From: "Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com" <sbharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 26 Oct 2005 11:48:39 -0700
fresh~horses wrote:
> News.com (Australia) - Oct 24, 2005
> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17013218-13762,00.html
>
> Super-soldiers may get brain-chip
>
> US military experts are attempting to create an army of super-human
> soldiers
> who will be more intelligent and deadly thanks to a microchip implanted
> in
> their brains.
>
> Scientists believe the implant will vastly improve the memory of troops
> so
> that they can recall every detail of their training and become more
> effective fighters.
>
> Researchers at the University of Southern California's bio-engineering
> department have created the chip, which acts in exactly the same way as
> the
> hippocampus- the part of the brain that deals with memory.
>
> In experiments, the team removed that section of the brain of dead rats
> and
> inserted the chip in its place. The implant sent exactly the same
> electronic signals as the real thing.
>
> The next stage of the project is to test the implant on live animals.
> If
> this work proves to be as successful, experiments could one day be
> carried
> out on soldiers.
Why repost tabloid reporting from a tabloid?
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