Future wars might be fought with mind-controlled weaponry

According to a report published by the U.K.'s Royal Society, advances in neuroscience could affect future warfare.

The report emphasized the military's interest in ways to manipulate the mind. Technology could be developed to improve the performance of soldiers and allow them to fire weapons remotely through thought alone.

This new technology could be used for the opposite effect, too. Andy Coghlan writes for New Scientist: "Other research could be used to design gases and electronics that temporarily disable enemy forces."

But the panel warns that the use of such technology could be a human rights violations because these weapons will interfere with thought processes.

Report chair, Professor Rod Flower of Queen Mary, University of London explains the findings of the report in the video below:

Mind control could be future of warfare [via New Scientist]

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