Naturally enough, augmentedcognition has captured the imagination of the armedforces-thePentagon's Defence AdvancedResearchProjectsAgency (DARPA) is one of its biggest backers.
It does not come as any surprise that the DefenceAdvancedResearchProjectsAgency(Darpa) in the US can see the massive military potential for a new generation of supersensitive, miniature, robust, uncooled, infrared detectors inspired by a humble heat-seeking beetle.