DARPA to merge binoculars with soldiers' brains


	DARPA to merge binoculars with soldiers' brains

Octane

5-3-2007 7:40 AM

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neuroscience, vision, optics, sensory perception, science, warfare

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5-3-2007 1:09 PM

BartendingBear

Beetle "Robo" Bailey reporting for duty, Sarge.

5-3-2007 1:35 PM

ericskiff

The binoculars are amazing! This clip was featured in today's clipiversity.

Thanks for the great clip!

5-3-2007 3:21 PM

Octane

In the words of Lieutenant Gordon in Batman Begins: "I gotta get me one a those..."

5-3-2007 3:26 PM

The REAL Napster

And the cyborg gets closer to reality. Resistance is futile...

5-10-2007 12:12 PM

bigguly

u r so right R napster, its quite scary!

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