Backed by four years of intensive research, DARPA has created a system called Cognitive Technology Threat Warning System (CT2WS) that will help soldiers in combat situations by improving US Army’s threat detection ability. Combining the soldiers EEG brainwave scan, 120-megapixel cameras and computers running cognitive visual processing algorithms too; is a kind of cybernetic hivemind for improving the existing system. There is 120-megapixel camera having tripod to pan all over the battlefield area and the computer system with a soldier is strapped to EEG in front of a PC. Now the images shot from the camera are send to the computer system running visual processing algorithms detecting possible enemy snipers, IEDs etc. which are shown to the soldier who has to determine if the threat is real or not.
The EEG scans the soldier’s brain for P300 responses which are significant as they are a direct indication of the brain recognizing something important, tapping the brain’s ability to recognize objects. Combined with the computer vision algorithm which generates 810 false alarms per hour the rate drops to amazing five alarms per hour when human subject is strapped to EEG. The final goal for DARPA in the development of this technology is to make binoculars and head-up-displays (HUD) having in-built threat detection system, taking the mental load off the soldier by popping-up images that need attention.
Via: Neatorama/ExtremeTech
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