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Military’s new binoculars read brain waves . . .

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Military’s new binoculars read brain waves to find danger

By reading a soldier’s brain waves, new binoculars can detect a threat his brain has registered before he’s even conscious of it.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) set out five years ago to provide the military with a far better device to visually detect threats. After all, the human eye’s limited field of view, breadth of area and the effects of fatigue can make relying on vision alone difficult.
They came up with the Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System program (CT2WS), binoculars paired that harness thoughts in the soldier’s brain.
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but CT2WS is based on real science: Humans are

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Funny but I've been doing this for years . . . allowing my sub-conscience to show me what I am looking at.

These binocs are an amazing asset to have. They are also looking to convert this to night vision capabilities.
But all in all when Murphy's law catches up, "If you can see the enemy, he can see you too."
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Or piss on your own Post Toasties.
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Jim wrote:Or piss on your own Post Toasties.
Should be: Bran Flakes :lol:
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Yes, but when will this technology be converted to make porn more enjoyable? Just sayin...
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