Money from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and other small government agencies, such as the Office of Naval Research, has produced profound scientific advances, Nobel Prizes and technologies--such as the Internet--that have changed the world.
Now DARPA has a $24-million enterprise called Brain Machine Interfaces that is developing technology that promises to directly read thoughts from a living brain--and even instill thoughts as well.
Absolutely amazing what technology promises to offer in the not-too-distant future.
Boston Globe August 5, 2003