In The News: Superhuman brain implants?

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Microchips could soon be implanted in BRAINS to give mankind 'SUPERHUMAN powers'
Source: DAILY STAR



MICROCHIPS implanted people’s brains could be used to fight diseases within the next 15 years – and give us "superhuman powers", according to a leading tech wizard.

Bryan Johnson, founder of a tech start-up researching the potential of microchips being implanted into bodies, hopes to create chips that can fight off viruses.

His website states that the company’s primary aim “is to develop technologies to understand and treat neurological diseases in new and exciting ways.”

Speaking at Lisbon’s Web Summit, Johnson said: “I would expect in around 15-20 years we will have a sufficiently robust set of tools for the brain that we could pose any question we wanted.

“For example, could I have a perfect memory? Could I delete my memories? Could I increase my rate of learning, could I have brain to brain communication?"


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Johnson also wants users to be able to buy memories, suggesting that consumers could purchase specially created experiences, such as being “a cowboy in the American west.”

Earlier this year, computer processor manufacturers ARM signed a deal with the University of Washington to develop brain-reading microchips that will help people with paralysis move again.

Last year, rumours circulated that the US government were cosnidering a mass chipping scheme.

“In around 15-20 years we will have a sufficiently robust set of tools for the brain that we could pose any question”Bryan Johnson

The US Department of Defence are also said to be looking into creating brain implants that can be used to treat chronic mental health issues.

If successful, Johnson says it could be the “single greatest thing” humanity can achieve.
Bryan Johnson, founder and CEO of Kernel