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DARPA Wants To Activate Drugs in Human Brains With Near-Infrared Lights
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Discover DARPA's cutting-edge AWARE program leveraging near-infrared light to activate and deactivate drugs in the brain
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DARPA is putting together a research program to shine near-infrared light into people’s brains that if successful, would be able to activate and deactivate drugs in their bodies on demand. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency put out a special notice for its Alert WARfighter Enablement (AWARE) program, which aims to help increase alertness following sleep loss.
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