Category Biotech & Synthetic Biology

Compact Electronic noses can monitor air quality, diagnoze diseases to biohazards like covid-19, explosives and nerve gas

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Government and local law enforcement agencies have employed canines for decades to sniff  explosives and such banned goods as fresh produce, exotic wildlife, undeclared currency and illicit drugs.   Now researchers are developing electronic noses imitating the sense of smell of humans…...

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Psychological warfare becoming sophisticated with development of new tools and technologies

Technological Optical Illusions Directed Energy Weapon Psyops

Psychological warfare involves the planned use of propaganda and other psychological operations to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of opposition groups. The targets of such propaganda campaigns can include governments, political organizations, advocacy groups, military personnel, and civilian…...

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Militaries developing Machine Learning Algorithms to decode Brain Signals for Brain-computer interface (or BCI)

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Brain-computer interface (or BCI) is basically setting up a connection between the human brain and the computer device to control or to perform certain activity using brain signals. These brain signals are translated as an action for a device. The…...

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Electrode Materials are key to Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology

BCImaterials

Every action our body performs begins with a thought, and with every thought comes an electrical signal. The electrical signals can be received by the brain-computer interface, consisting of an electroencephalograph (EEG) or an implanted electrode, which can then be…...

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Large Biohacking or DIY biology growth, to hack human brains and their bodies, with desire to improve performance, cure chronic diseases and live longer

biohacking

Just as computers could be hacked and made to perform according to one’s wishes, now you hack your own body, a concept called Biohacking. It can be as simple as implementing lifestyle and dietary changes that improve the functioning of…...

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Emerging Artificial-biological hybrid computing will enable Integration of Artificial and Human Intelligence (AI & HI)

How Is Brain Different From Computers 1

Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers. A computer system able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.…...

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DARPA SenSARS project aims to identify airborne pathogens like COVID-19 in seconds or minutes

COVID Phone Sensor

As the virus that causes COVID-19 began to spread from person to person in communities (community transmission), scientists needed to track the disease and try to slow its spread. Fast and reliable tests for the new coronavirus are urgently needed…...

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DARPA Battlefield Medicine Bio-MOD program deveoping high speed manufacturing and delivery of urgently needed pharmaceutical products to Wounded Soldiers

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Battlefield medicine, also called field surgery and later combat casualty care, is the treatment of wounded combatants and non-combatants in or near an area of combat. Studies of historical casualty rates have shown that about half of military personnel killed…...

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The increasing use of Synthetic Cannabinoids for recreational, and medicinal although Soldiers prohibited in use of Cannabinoid as it affects military readiness

cannabinoid

The word cannabinoid refers to every chemical substance, regardless of structure or origin, that joins the cannabinoid receptors of the body and brain and that have similar effects to those produced by the Cannabis Sativa plant. Cannabinoids are compounds found…...

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Electomagnetic Weapons can cause Havana syndrome, manipulate Nervous System to erase memories and cause extreme pain

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Non-lethal weapons have been used by security forces to deter hostile crowds. They fill gaps between verbal warnings and lethal force.   They have been found useful in disaster management like in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, where non-lethal…...

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