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AUGMENTED ELITE. "The augmented among us—those who are willing to avail themselves of the benefits of brain prosthetics and to live with the attendant risks—will outperform others in the everyday contest for jobs and mates, in science, on the athletic field and in armed conflict. These differences will challenge society in new ways—and open up possibilities that we can scarcely imagine." http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579435592981780528 View in LinkedIn

VETERAN IMPLANTS. "Even if parents don't invest in brain implants, the military will. A continuing program at Darpa, a Pentagon agency that invests in cutting-edge technology, is already supporting work on brain implants that improve memory to help soldiers injured in war." http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579435592981780528 View in LinkedIn

MONKEY-ROBOT. "My colleague Will Oremus reported on Slate in 2013 about a rhesus macaque named Oscar who was controlling the movements of a digital ball on a computer screen through a brain-computer interface." http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/09/15/progress_on_a_brain_computer_interface_darpa_project.html View in LinkedIn

SMART DUST. "Michel Maharbiz and Jose Carmena and their colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley...are developing a wireless brain interface that they call "neural dust." Thousands of biologically neutral microsensors, on the order of one-tenth of a millimeter (approximately the thickness of a human hair), would convert electrical signals into ultrasound that could be read outside the brain." http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579435592981780528 View in LinkedIn

EYE COLOR. “The procedure, which isn't yet FDA-approved, only takes about 20 seconds and reveals the full color change within four weeks.” http://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/skin-care/news/a10340/eye-color-changing-laser-treatment/ View in LinkedIn