Until
recently, the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) kept its plans for its $ 70 million portion of the Brain
Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative largely under wraps, generating
considerable speculation and a few outlandish rumors.
While military sonar systems and seismic airguns used in oil / gas exploration and scientific
research have received
considerable attention in the overall issue of noise impacts on marine life, less intense but far more widespread and chronically - present noise sources, particularly large commercial ships, have only
recently begun to be specifically considered.