DARPA developing implant to monitor brain in real time

DARPA developing implant to monitor brain in real time
In a bid to improve the mental health of soldiers and veterans, DARPA has launched a $70 million project to create an implant that tracks neuron activity and provides quantifiable brain data. There’s a high incidence of mental illness reported among soldiers compared with the general population — in fact, one in nine medical discharges is due to mental illness, according to US Army statistics. This is not surprising. If you ask people to see and do horrific things, it will likely impact them in pretty significant ways.