A helmet for readers of ideas that controls robots remotely and enables visually impaired people to see

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A number of researchers in Texas are working on a project to create a reading helmet for the mind that would allow soldiers to operate drones and remotely control robots, as well as trying to read a vision and pass it on to the brain of a visually impaired person funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Agency DARPA).

The helmet works by using both optical and magnetic fields to interact with specially reprogrammed neurons in the wearer's brain, according to the Daily Mail.

Innovation

The research is part of DARPA's next-generation non-surgical neural technology (N3) program, which funds five other similar projects aimed at creating bi-directional interfaces that can transfer data between the human brain and machinery.

"These wearable innovations can ultimately enable a variety of national security applications," a spokesman for the agency said.

The uses could include controlling active cybersecurity systems and unmanned aerial vehicle groups, or working as a team with computer systems to perform multiple tasks during complex tasks, the researchers wrote.

Aircraft without a bird

In addition to transmitting ideas in less than 50 milliseconds, the Military Research Authority wants devices read and written to at least 16 locations across the brain.

The Moana helmet will consist of a series of red and infrared light emitters and detectors that are arranged around the skull lid and focused on the wearer's brain.

Innovation

Before wearing the helmet, wearers will undergo reprogramming of certain neurons in 16 target areas of their brains, so that neurons produce special proteins that absorb light when the neuron is active and released.

This biological modification will allow for the reading of the brain activity worn by the prostitute, thanks to the lengths of red and infrared light emitted from the helmet, which can reach the human skull.