Since Ling became its director, Darpa�s Biological Technologies Office has been looking ... cyborgish. The neurologist has overseen research on brain-controlled prosthetics and high tech body suits. A member of his team has even mentioned injecting images into the visual cortex. The agency did invent the Internet—maybe Ling can put it into our brains. And give us robots to ride as we surf.
Geoffrey Ling: The Guy Making Actual Cyborgs at Darpa
The Pentagon's mad-science division built the Internet, and now it has a new target for innovation: your body.