US Military funds mind-reading helmet that may let soldiers TELEPATHICALLY control robots or drones

US military research body DARPA is funding a project to create a mind-reading helmet that could let soldiers fly drones and control robots telepathically. Led by Texas-based researchers, the project will start by trying to read the vision of one person and transfer it into the brain of someone who is visually impaired. The helmet works by using both light and magnetic fields to interact with specially-reprogrammed neurons in the brain of the wearer. The Magnetic, Optical and Acoustic Neural Access (MOANA) project is exploring a minimally invasive, nonsurgical approach to connect human brains with a machine via a special helmet. Users will undergo gene therapy that will make certain neurons absorb light when firing.