Rice University - Bryant McGill

# Rice University **Type:** University **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Primary source:** [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] ## Definition Rice University is the university leading the MOANA program under DARPA N3. ## Relationships [[wiki/Rice University|Rice University]] is related to [[wiki/MOANA|MOANA]], [[wiki/Jacob Robinson|Jacob Robinson]], and [[wiki/DARPA N3|DARPA N3]]. ## Source route [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]  ### Master relationship graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 125 — `N3_principal_investigator` → [[wiki/Jacob Robinson|Jacob Robinson]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. diffuse optical tomography read + magnetogenetic write. #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 27 — [[wiki/Naomi J. Halas|Naomi J. Halas]] `affiliated_with` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `SUB_ABOUT`. University Professor; nanoshell/plasmonics lineage. - **Edge 124 — [[wiki/DARPA N3|DARPA N3]] `performer` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. diffuse optical tomography read + magnetogenetic write. - **Edge 137 — [[wiki/MOANA|MOANA]] `team_includes` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `RICE_MOANA`. #### Epistemic boundary `VERIFIED`, `VERIFIED_SECONDARY`, `CORPUS`, `STRONG_TECHNICAL_LINEAGE`, `STRONG_TECHNICAL_CONVERGENCE`, `ANALYTIC`, and `UNRESOLVED` are retained as distinct relation states. An edge does not imply ownership, control, funding, licensing, technology transfer, or organizational identity unless its predicate and evidence state that relationship explicitly.   ### Interface and soft-sovereignty graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]] · [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]] #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 474 — [[wiki/DARPA N3|Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3)]] `performer` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. - **Edge 496 — [[wiki/MOANA|MOANA]] `institution` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `RICE_MOANA`, `CORPUS_NEXT`. #### Epistemic boundary `VERIFIED`, `VERIFIED_SECONDARY`, `CORPUS_V`, `CORPUS_I`, `CORPUS_H`, `STRONG_TECHNICAL_LINEAGE`, `STRONG_STRUCTURAL_CONVERGENCE`, `ANALYTIC`, and `UNRESOLVED` remain distinct relationship states. `[V]` is documented, `[I]` is structural inference, `[H]` is hypothesis, and `[OQ]` is an open question. No edge establishes ownership, funding, licensing, technology transfer, operational integration, intelligence activity, or institutional control unless its predicate and evidence explicitly do so.   ### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 125 — `N3_principal_investigator` → [[wiki/Jacob Robinson|Jacob Robinson]]** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. diffuse optical tomography read + magnetogenetic write. #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 27 — [[wiki/Naomi J. Halas|Naomi J. Halas]] `affiliated_with` → this entry** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `SUB_ABOUT`. University Professor; nanoshell/plasmonics lineage. - **Edge 124 — [[wiki/DARPA N3|DARPA N3]] `performer` → this entry** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `DARPA_N3`. diffuse optical tomography read + magnetogenetic write. - **Edge 137 — [[wiki/MOANA|MOANA]] `team_includes` → this entry** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `RICE_MOANA`. #### Epistemic boundary Primary-source, peer-reviewed, company-claim, preprint, analytic, inherited-corpus, dynamic-metric, source-version-conflict, and unresolved states remain distinct. A current primary source supersedes a stale uncertainty label without erasing the correction history. No edge establishes ownership, funding, licensing, program lineage, technology transfer, operational integration, or institutional control unless its predicate and evidence explicitly do so.