DARPA Wants To Hack A Brain to Let Us “Upload” Skills

I created the ad below for my graphic novel Prisoner of the Mind, thinking that something like this might be possible in the future. Next thing I know, I run across an article about it below. We are living in surreal times.

This system could be used to give soldiers 'super-senses' and boost brainpower!

The DARPA Targeted Neuroplasticity Training (TNT) program is exploring ways to speed up skill acquisition by activating synaptic plasticity. If the program succeeds, down loadable learning that happens in a flash may be the result.

The US military has revealed $65 million in funding for a program to develop a 'brain chip' allowing humans to simply plug into a computer.They say the system could give soldiers super-senses and even help treat people with blindness, paralysis and speech disorders. The goal is 'developing an implantable system able to provide precision communication between the brain and the digital world,' DARPA officials said... More.