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How DARPA drives Brain Machine Interface Research

https://www.from-the-interface.com/DARPA-funding-BCI-research/

 

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The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency invests millions in brain-computer interface projects every year, effectively driving the BCI research agenda. This post catalogs the various programs and their recipients, tracking DARPA's investments over the decades

Nobody has funded the BCI research and development with as much sustained energy as DARPA. Almost every advance or major technology in the field can be traced back to DARPA funding to the researchers. Neuralink's 'sewing machine' surgical robot can be traced to the 5-year $70M SUBNETs program, the initial concept for the Stentrode was funded by the RE-NET program, and the prosthetic limbs used by early Braingate trials were funded by the 'Revolutionizing Prosthetics' program. Startups like Nia Therapeutics, Paradromics, and the recently acquired Iota Biosciences also owe DARPA either for direct investment or for funding of the underlying technology.

The Agency funds multi-million-dollar research programs that typically last 4 years and have very specific ambitious goals. DARPA announces programs publicly, and candidates compete individually or by forming consortia to develop competitive proposals. Successful awardees or recipients are called 'performers'. The research that is funded usually shapes the future of the entire field for a few years.

 

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Could Satellite Sensors Solve the Havana Syndrome Mystery?

https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/could-satellite-sensors-solve-the-havana-syndrome-mystery/

 

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As many as 200 employees of the U.S. Department of State, CIA, FBI and Department of Defense are reported to have been victims of “anomalous health incidents” leading to a constellation of frequently debilitating neurological symptoms commonly referred to as Havana Syndrome, which have also been reported by several Canadian diplomats. Although the cause of these incidents is unknown, several scientists including members of a recent U.S. advisory committee have pointed to directed radio frequency (RF) energy as a possible, or likely, cause. However, no direct evidence has been uncovered.

I propose that recently launched satellite systems for detecting and geolocating radio frequency emissions from the earth’s surface be used to determine whether RF signatures consistent with potential Havana Syndrome attacks can be identified in the locations and at the precise times of purported incidents in Hanoi, Vienna, Berlin, Kyrgyzstan, Miami, Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, London, Taiwan, Australia, Poland, Tbilisi, Moscow, Guangzhou and Havana.

Of particular interest in Havana Syndrome are possible exposures to radio frequencies in the range of 0.4 to 3.0 GHz delivered in rapid pulses to the head; such exposures were reported by researchers in the former Soviet Union to produce disturbances of the central nervous system at energy levels far below those required for a thermal effect. Similar types of radio frequency exposure have been shown to elicit sound sensations resembling those reported in cases of Havana Syndrome.

Research in the 1960s by Allan H. Frey showed that a 1.3 GHz radio frequency transmission with peak power of 267 mW/cm2 could induce auditory sensations. Assuming a target area ten centimeters by ten centimeters (100 cm2), the implied peak power of a radiating source with a perfectly focused emission would be no less than 26.7 watts, and likely much more than this idealized figure, especially if the transmitter (e.g. a parabolic dish antenna) were located at a distance of many tens of meters or more from the target, for example in a van outside a victim’s residence, as has been suggested in some reporting on the incidents.

For comparison, 5.0 watts is the power rating for one of the two categories of low-power (Class B+) transceivers for the Automatic Identification System (AIS) employed on smaller marine vessels (which transmit at approximately 162 MHz). These 5.0 watt signals from vessels at sea are routinely detected and recorded by Low Earth Orbit satellite sensors for tracking purposes.

 

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