April 18, 2008

Intellect available soon to buy

Could we be soon going out shopping for some extra memory for our brains? Some people may say that the human brain is far more complex than any computer in the entire world and they would be right. Yet a computer can memorize and recall anything that is inputted into it, whereas humans cannot.

So could we soon be able to buy a chip which helps us utilise our memory to its best abilities? Well some people think so and the theories are being looked to very seriously indeed. However it will be a very long time before we can walk into the local computer store and have our personal memory upgraded.

Clearly there are some things that are wrong with this, like who is going to implant the chip? And what happens if something goes wrong? These are serious concerns for now, but when it gets closer to being tested then even questions will arise about this idea.

Source [NY Times]