The government wants to use your brainwaves to train swarms of military robots

Popular Mechanics, MSN, SyFy, Fox News and other outlets report that DARPA is funding UB engineering research led by Souma Chowdhury that will use gamers' brain waves to teach hives of defense robots how to swarm together to complete missions.

“The idea is to eventually scale up to 250 aerial and ground robots, working in highly complex situations,” said Chowdhury, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

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