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Pentagon: Zombie Pigs First, Then Hibernating Soldiers
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Darpa Wants to Predict Deadly Pathogens with ‘Prophecy’
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Right now, preparing for new viral threats means looking to the past, creating hypotheses based on how pathogens have changed before. Now Darpa wants to reverse that strategy: test every possible outcome, to create a prophetic almanac that warns of viral mutations and outbreaks in advance — giving scientists the chance to change the course of the future before illness strikes.

The Pentagon’s far-out research arm has been zeroing in on the danger of mutating pathogens, and the corresponding problem of drug resistance, for years now. The agency is already funding tobacco-based vaccine production, a seven-day plan to thwart biothreats, and prescient viral infection detectors. And they’ve even set their sights on psychic medics, with a 2007 program that sought to turn docs into all-knowing illness predictors.

Now, Darpa wants the powers of premonition to wipe out viral threats altogether. They’re hosting a workshop for a new program, called “Prophecy,” that’ll develop methods to predict the rate, location and likely mutations of viral agents.
See Also:

* Darpa-funded Researchers: Tobacco vs. Viral Terror
* Pentagon to Troop-Killing Superbugs: Resistance Is Futile
* Pentagon Virus Detector Knows You’re Sick Before You Do
* Pentagon: Stop Biothreats Before They Spread
* Darpa Goal: Psychic Doctors


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DARPA working to develop helmets for US Army that control soldiers' brains
The Pentagon's blue-sky research arm wants to trick out troops' brains, from the areas that regulate alertness and cognition to pain treatment and psychiatric well-being. And the scientists want to do it all from the outside in — with a gadget installed inside the troops' helmets. "Remote Control of Brain Activity Using Ultrasound," the Defense Department's Armed with Science blog promises.