Firefox

Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has developed a non-invasive coherent optical system capable of recording neural signals in humans. To expand this foundational technology and enable the development of revolutionary, non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), DARPA's Firefox program is soliciting approaches to overcome key technological hurdles: 1) development of components enabling dynamic rastering/scanning of the incoming coherent optical signal to target multiple regions of interest and 2) development of new data processing architectures beyond the digital domain to handle the high data rates and computational burden inherent to scaling the amount of neural data recorded by the optical system. The ultimate goal of the Firefox program is to use these innovations to develop a 100-channel, non-invasive BCI with 50-micron spatial and 100-microsecond temporal resolution.

Classification

NAICS

541714

Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)

54├Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

541├Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

5417├Scientific Research and Development Services

54171├Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

541714└Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)

PSC

AC12

NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH

A├RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

AC├C â€“ National Defense R&D Services

AC12└NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH

Description

Points of contact

Contracting office

Classification

Documents