Neuroscience could mean soldiers controlling weapons with minds

The Guardian

Soldiers could have their minds plugged directly into weapons systems, undergo brain scans during recruitment and take courses of neural stimulation to boost their learning, if the armed forces embrace the latest developments in neuroscience to hone…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/07/neuroscience-soldiers-control-weapons-mind

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‚Thought-controlled‘ drones could lead to new era of war crimes, warns scientist

Daily Mail

One such area of cutting edge research involves the development of ‚mind-control‘ systems to aid people severely disabled by illness or injury. Scientists have already demonstrated how a patient s thoughts can be used to move prosthetic limbs or a…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2097350/Thought-controlled-drones-lead-new-era-war-crimes-warns-scientist.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

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Future wars may be waged with mind-controlled weaponry, Royal Society warns

Gizmag

Among them is the potential for “neural interface systems“ (NIS) to bring about weapons controllable by the human mind, though the reports also discusses more benign military applications of neuroscience, such as fostering a revolution in prosthetic…

http://www.gizmag.com/royal-society-neuroscience-warfare/21366/

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Darpa Magic Plan: ‚Battlefield Illusions‘ to Mess With Enemy Minds

Wired News (blog)

The US Army s Medusa (“Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio“) project had the same goal, but used a different slice of the electromagnetic spectrum, microwaves, to create sounds that seemed to be coming from inside the target s head.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/02/darpa-magic/

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Dawn of the drones

Information Libertation
by John Whitehead

02/14/12

Imagine a robot hovering overhead as you go about your day, driving to and from work, heading to the grocery store, or stopping by a friend?s house. The robot records your every movement with a surveillance camera and streams the information to a government command center. If you make a wrong move, or even appear to be doing something suspicious, the police will respond quickly and you will soon be under arrest. … It is a frightening thought, but you don t have to imagine this scenario. We are only a few years away from the realization of this total surveillance society…

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=38384

Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Brainwashing, or “mind control,“ refers to a process

Global Economic Intersection (blog)

Brainwashing, or “mind control,“ refers to a process in which a group or individual systematically uses unethically manipulative methods to persuade others to conform to the wishes of the manipulator(s), often to the detriment of the person being…

http://econintersect.com/b2evolution/blog2.php/2012/02/17/brainwashing-in-communism-and-in-democracy

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Project Avatar: U.S. military researches ways for soldiers to control robot ’surrogates‘ using just their minds

Daily Mail

By Damien Gayle

The US military is researching ways for its troops can use their minds to remotely control androids who will take human soldiers‘ place on the battlefield. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), the Pentagon s hi-tech…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2102559/Project-Avatar-U-S-military-researches-ways-soldiers-control-robot-surrogates-using-just-minds.html

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Brainwashing Techniques You Encounter Every Day (and How to Avoid Them)

Lifehacker

Wikipedia offers a concise definition: Mind control (also known as brainwashing, coercive persuasion, mind abuse, thought control, or thought reform) refers to a process in which a group or individual “systematically uses unethically manipulative …

http://lifehacker.com/5886571/brainwashing-techniques-you-encounter-every-day-and-how-to-avoid-them

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Mind-control warfare could soon become ‚a reality‘

thejournal.ie

MIND CONTROL WARFARE could become a reality thanks to advances being made on technologies that allow weapons to be controlled by the brain. Researchers also believe that new technologies could enhance concentration, increase strength, and be developed…

http://www.thejournal.ie/mind-control-warfare-could-soon-become-a-reality-370195-Mar2012/

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Weapon mind control dilemma

News24

With the prospect of future conflicts between armies controlling weapons with their minds, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics launched a consultation on Thursday to consider the risks of blurring the lines between humans and machines…

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Weapon-mind-control-dilemma-20120301

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