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Brain Prosthesis Ready For Testing
jhouserizer writes "New Scientist is reporting that an artificial hippocampus is ready to undergo testing. The leader of the team of scientists is Theodore Berger of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. They hope these artificial hippocampuses can replace damaged (stroke, Alzheimer's, etc.) portions of your brain. I wonder what portions of 'you' would be noticeably different to your family & friends? I wonder how long it will be before we can have HUDs, such as in this story by Cory Doctorow?"
Boy, between this, lamprey brain powered cyborgs, escaping robots, remote controlld roaches, cloning and rogue bioweapons, it's a great time to be a wild-haired crazy-eyed visionary.
Tampering in God's domain has never been more fruitful!
They said I was mad, the fools. Now, I will crush them all!
It would start a market, particularly in college, when you need to know something. Just implant a piece of brain with some knowledge, kinda like the matrix.
Maybe you can whip up a spelling and grammar module.
Theirs alot of need's for that in teh Slashdot community, its true isnt it? I mean, it's need is aparant, right?
Of course, the 1337 5p34k module would probably sell better.
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