DARPA Grant Recipient: “We Can De-Animate People”

March 13th, 2007

Paging Dr. Mengele… Dr. Josef Mengele, please pick up a white courtesy phone.

Via: Wired:

Darpa’s human-enhancement programs were looking promising. In February 2002, Darpa asked Congress for a new, $78 million-per-year push for research including “the development of biochemical materials for enhancement of performance.” That was on top of $90 million to explore how “biological systems … adapt to wide extremes.” The human being, a Darpa fact file proclaimed in April 2002, “is becoming the weakest link in Defense systems.” Strengthening that chain meant “sustaining and augmenting human performance,” as well as “enabling new human capabilities.” Darpa was going to figure out how to build a better soldier.

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3 Responses to “DARPA Grant Recipient: “We Can De-Animate People””

  1. bob mckracken says:
    March 14, 2007 at 3:35 am

    the list just wouldn’t be complete without this =)

    http://neural-prosthesis.com/index-1.html

    http://neural-prosthesis.com/index-2.html

    a direct connect to the memory/learning centres of the brain. extension cord not included.

  2. fallout11 says:
    March 14, 2007 at 12:14 pm

    Wow.
    Apparently civilization just can’t wait for the new neuro-chemical laden, brainwashed, cybernetically augmented enforcers of the dystopian future.

    I was born much too late.

  3. 916 says:
    March 14, 2007 at 11:55 pm

    Technology

    – Ethics
    ____________

    Disaster

    Brave New World anyone?

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