Breakthrough brings us a step closer to "saving" human memory
While we’re not the to point of Johnny Mnemonic, this is a step towards artificial human memory that could be implanted into your brain:
The journey to pack more (proverbial) internal storage into the human brain has been going on for years, but a recent development at Tel-Aviv University could actually bring us one step closer to storing rudimentary memories on a manmade device. Reportedly, a new experiment has shown that it is indeed possible to store said memories “in an artificial culture of live neurons,” which is a fairly significant step towards the “cyborg-like integration of living material into memory chips.” Source: ‘Living’ cyborg chip stores rudimentary memories – Engadget
Of course the implications are huge. Storing memories of people getting Alzheimer’s, helping people with brain damage, replacing short-term memory problems. Then we get into the cool stuff like storing the information stored in a genius’ brain before he/she passes on or getting a chip with the entire OED on it implanted into your skull.
Just amazing.
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