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Department Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects AgcyView Agency

NAICS

541714 - Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)View NAICS

Place of Performance

VA

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NONE

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DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Attachment E - Milestone and Payment Schedule

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DARPA-PS-26-137 Firefox Abstract Template

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DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Cost Proposal Spreadsheet

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DARPA Firefox Attachment F - OPP Guidelines and Instructions

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DARPA PS 26 137 Model OT for Prototype

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DARPA-PS-26-137 Firefox Program Solicitation

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DARPA PS 26 137 Firefox Attachment G - Risk Matrix

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DARPA-PS-26-137 Firefox Abstract Summary Template

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AgencyDepartment Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects Agcy
Contacts1 person available
OfficeARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, USA
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Department Of Defense → Defense Advanced Research Projects Agcy
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Office AddressARLINGTON, VA, 222032114, USA
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Dr. Pedro Irazoqui BTO/DARPA

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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.

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