Warfare and Technology | The 5th Domain

By 2040, advanced brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) will give the American Warfighter remarkable advantages. BCIs allow for direct neural communication between machine and brain bypassing both the peripheral nervous system and sensory organs, demonstrating the ability to read and interpret sensory information, the ‘inner voice’, and the intention to perform motor functions.  Remarkably, this same technology has been used to artificially stimulate neurons to convey sensory information, control motor functions, improve cognitive ability and enable rudimentary brain-to-brain communication. How the average individual interacts with others and their networked environment will revolutionize communication. Business forecasts indicate that the first commercially available Apple or Google thought-controlled messaging devices will be on the market within 10 years and that the brain-computer style interface could become the most common computer interface by the early 2030s.  As with any...