Neurotechnology Initiative

Rita Colwell gave a wonderful talk up on Capitol Hill yesterday as part of an initiative being put forward by the Center for Neurotechnology Studies. Dr. Colwell is of course the former Director of the National Science Foundation and a terrific scientist. She is now at the University of Maryland, but her words still carry tremendous weight around this town. I had the privilege of reacting to her talk with some comments of my own on the subject–my belief is that such a neurotechnology initiative can be deeply enter twined with the Decade of the Mind project. These technologies essentially would allow us to ask the scientific questions necessary to “crack” the mind. The Center for Neurotechnology Studies is a part of our sister institute, The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.