Wired is reporting that DARPA is developing a [a href="vny!://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/news/2007/05/binoculars"]new optics system[/a] to help soldiers identify threats earlier:
"The most far-reaching component of the binocs has nothing to do with the optics: it's DARPA's aspirations to integrate EEG electrodes that monitor the wearer's neural signals, cueing soldiers to recognize targets faster than the unaided brain could on its own. The idea is that EEG can spot 'neural signatures' for target detection before the conscious mind becomes aware of a potential threat or target. [...] In other words, like Spiderman's 'spider sense', a soldier could be alerted to danger that his or her brain had sensed, but not yet had time to process."
Would they eventually rely on it instead of using their other senses to determine the enemy? Seems to me there could be a lot of room for error.