Military researchers think the tongue could be key in their quest to create the super warrior of the future, giving soldiers sensory powers similar to owls, snakes and fish.Army Rangers with 360-degree unobstructed night vision, Navy SEALs sensing sonar in their heads while maintaining normal vision underwater -- scientists at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition are turning sci-fi into reality.By routing signals from helmet-mounted cameras, sonar and other equipment through the tongue to the brain, they hope to give elite soldiers superhuman senses.The question is that while animals' brains can process the extra stimuli, it is unknown whether human brains can adapt, said institute head Ken Ford. His facility specializes in "human-centered computing," fitting technology to people to make machines more user-friendly."Pit vipers, that's one reason they are so dangerous.

They have heat detectors, infrared as well as natural vision," he said. "We know brains can do this."Dr. Anil Raj, the project's lead scientist, envisions Navy SEALs incorporating sonar into their senses, much like dolphins or whales.The research is designed to create superior troops, but Ford said the same technology could restore sight or hearing to soldiers wounded in war.

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Very Interesting. I can see something like this happening.

1. Very skilled soldiers and fighters will "upgraded" to already boost their skills.

2. They are on the battlefield almost 24/7. Eat, Kill, Sleep.

3. Insanity develops from killing and hunting. They will act almost like wild animals and kill or flip out without warning.

Whatever happens after that i don't know

Obviously i can see many criminals wanting these "upgrades" and would benefit from them just as much in their activities.

this is remind me of movie; universal soldier

i agree that is possible, BUT

consider that when scientist start making genetically altered humans, they can remove the part of the personality that has violent outbursts...what i saying is, they would be able to mold the minds thinking by this point in time.

surely, they would have considered those possibilities and would remove the risk by altering the experiments thinking patterns

i don't feel comfortable with making humans who are built for war....possibly humans should develop synthetic biological robots...they don't have a mother or father, and they are not bothered by the fact they are artificial..something like that would be really helpful

yeah that movie was awesome, wonder if that would happen here too

Another reason I think I should just quit my job, and join the marines.

Kinda reminds me of Blade Runner. What an awesome film, well at least what a concept!!

Things like this are really cool, especially since it will be affecting me personally, I am going to Ranger school... But anyway, if humans accidently kill dolphins and whales using sonar, I wonder if they consider the posibility of that on a mission? I doubt it would be good press or good tactics to have a whole regiment drop dead because of a glitch in the process.

How do you know we'll have the technology to do a thing like that? Plus, this technology is more like a merging of human and machine than genetics.

Yeah, your missing the point, this is technology making soldiers more capable in the field. Not turning men into killing zombies.

Very interesting to say the least.

damn, american civilians are going to need better weapons to defend themselves against u.s. government huh?

I also watched something on TV, that they are making a suit for solider that are superhuman, that can puch through walls, and carry pounds of stuff and be able to run miles.

no kidding, it was army, really.

DARPA is working on a Strength Enhancing Combat Exo-Skeleton Suit. but they are not working on building superhumans. The suit only gives more mobility and strength to the user while they are wearing it (think in terms of Hydraulic Armor).

an Armoured Exo-skeleton I agree with.

upgrading humans biologically for combat.....inhumane.

They can use this stuff in the next Ghost Recon or maybe patch it into GR:AW. That way, the rest of us can get to check out the upgrades.

MMMMMMMMM...Waaar