DARPA's Next-Gen Neurotechnology Initiative

The U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, commonly known as DARPA,

announces a bold initiative to develop what they call next-generation non-surgical neurotechnology.

It is designed to allow the human brain to directly interface with machines.

We know that DARPA is exploring human-machine interfaces

that include direct connections between the brain and outside systems.

We could have a sensor maybe on the surface of our head

or maybe implanted somewhere in our body, in our brain, or something

that allows us to interact directly with our communications gear,

our processing gear, our weapons systems, and so on.

But there are those who believe that this same technology

could also be used by DARPA as a new form of mind control.

Maybe the next step is we can send instructions and information to an actual person

from a distance with this kind of technology

to let another person control their actions,

but that could be something that could be malicious.

DARPA may possess the technology to remotely control the human mind,

but as concerning as that may be, according to some scientists,

a more permanent kind of mind control technology is looming,

and it involves modifying the human brain by altering the human body's DNA.

The future of mind control, and the future being right now

because these experiments are being done, is using gene editing tools.

One of them would be CRISPR.

The way it works is take the CRISPR, which are these short alternating repeats of DNA,

and put that together with an enzyme called Cas.

So you take the CRISPR that you want to use,

and you put these pieces together that can be injected

and insert this DNA to certain areas of the brain

so that we can change brain cells

and turn you into something you wouldn't otherwise be.

So in this way, gene editing technologies like CRISPR

really form a definite basis for future mind control.