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Brain Prosthesis Ready For Testing

Posted by timothy on from the can-we-nominate-recipients dept.

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?"

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  1. problems by insanecarbonbasedlif · · Score: 0, Troll

    What are the chances that the hippocampii they modelled the chip from were somehow defective (maybe even just slightly), and they are going to pass those defects onto everything and everyone else that they insert the prosthetic into?

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  2. Artifical hippo-campus? by Jonboy+X · · Score: 0, Troll

    Artificial hippo-campus? I wasn't aware that hippos attended college in nature...

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  3. artificial hippo campus? by grammaticaster · · Score: 0, Troll

    sounds boring. when i go to the zoo, i want to see the real thing, dammit!