Human performance enhancement: Status report 2022

Authors:

  • Britta Levin
  • Per-Anders Oskarsson
  • Susanna Nilsson

Publish date: 2023-01-20

Report number: FOI-R--5409--SE

Pages: 37

Written in: Swedish

Keywords:

  • human enhancement
  • AR
  • BCI
  • human optimization
  • HPE
  • HPO
  • scenario
  • physiological measurement.

Abstract

Although advanced technology and autonomous systems will play greater role in future military operations, the human still have an important role. In the field of human enhancement, techniques and methods are studied with purpose to improve human performance on the battlefield. The report contains an inventory of available methods for measuring physical and cognitive performance with a particular focus on wearable systems. The inventory includes systems for measurement of physiological and psychophysiological parameters as well as technology and possibilities with noninvasive brain computer interfaces. The report briefly describes the participation in international collaborations within the HPE area. There is also a discussion on the potential for human augmentation by means of visualization technology, such as augmented reality. The report ends with a summarizing discussion on the assessment that continuous registration of physiological data from individuals, in field settings, can contribute with information that is relevant to the user as well as to decision makers at different levels. A prerequisite is that different types of data are combined and that the sensors and algorithms are tailored to the purpose. However, collecting and presenting results is one thing, the ability to draw conclusions and make predictions about future performance is quite another. It is clear that further research and development is warranted to support both operational and training needs.