definition for: #AugCog

Augmented Cognition (AugCog) is the result of several revolutions in science and technology that began at the end of the 20th century. They include the cognitive revolution, biomedical revolution, and computer revolution. All of these coincided with a multibillion dollar investment by the US Government in the 1990s to better understand the human brain, known as the Decade of the Brain. AugCog is a type of human-computer interface (HCI) that uses a mind-reading computer to engage a person in decision making. It uses a network of sensors to monitor the environment as well as the physiological and neurological data of a person in real-time. It then makes changes to the system or environment to enhance their performance. AugCog closes an electronic feedback loop around a person. The person whom the system is closed around is referred to as an operator or user. Because it reads minds and bodies, the system is first calibrated to a specific person?s brain. Then, to obtain information, it employs a network of sensors to monitor a user?s neurophysiological (brain and body) condition. The environment may also be monitored. It then uses adaptive strategies called mitigation to alter the computer system and environment based on a user?s constantly changing state. It also interacts with the user while making these changes. All of this occurs in real-time. The system is custom configured to accommodate an individual?s unique experience-set. AugCog development has included people in backgrounds such as psychology, neurobiology, neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, and human-computer interface. Organizations that have contributed to AugCog research include the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Research Council (NRC), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Other contributors include Boeing, DaimlerChrysler, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell, QinetiQ, BMH Associates, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego, Sandia National Laboratories, Notre Dame University, and the Pacific Science and Engineering Group. The Department of Defense has studied AugCog through a scientific research group known as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which worked with the organizations previously mentioned. DARPA has also worked with military groups such as the US Army?s Natick Soldier Center (NSC) in Natick Massachusetts, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and the Disruptive Technologies Office (DTO). The uses for AugCog which are mentioned in military and scientific publications are positive. The benefits can be shared among other fields such as cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, and the medical industry. What has obviously happened is this: AugCog or a similar mechanism is part of the intelligence cycle of a C4ISR system connected to a directed-energy weapons platform. Rather than being used to enhance a person?s performance, its mitigation strategies include punishment in the form of painful stimuli. This explains how the electronic attacks can be synchronized with the TI?s activities and thought patterns. And particularly, it helps us to understand how the DOD has arranged for its microwave hearing attacks to continually comment on the thoughts and activities of its targets. Although official documentation suggests that non-invasive sensors must be placed near the scalp to obtain these readings, obviously AugCog?s sensor technology is more advanced than what has been publicly announced. The DARPA scientists who built AugCog surely must have been aware of how easily it could be used for such purposes. Quite possibly, this was the real reason AugCog was created. As far as surveillance systems being linked to directed-energy weapons, this has already occurred. The GIG, for instance, is such a system, among other things. Excerpt from NewWorldWar.org. See also #AugmentedCognition #HumanComputerIntelligenceNetwork #C4ISR #DirectedEnergyWeapons #MicrowaveHearing #MindReading