Despite everything that’s going on and the very real fear that our planet is becoming increasingly uninhabitable I would still want to live forever if I could. And as crazy as it sounds this concept is no longer merely relegated to the realm of science fiction. Instead it’s becoming a very real possibility thanks to the development of a new quantum material that could one day let us download our brains.
According to Futurism, “The new quantum material, described in research published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, is a ‘nickelate lattice’ that the scientists say could directly translate the brain’s electrochemical signals into electrical activity that could be interpreted by a computer.”
Such technology, once fully developed, could then be used to detect neurological diseases or even retrieve memories. Obviously we’re still years away from turning this theoretical concept into a viable product but the latest research does go to show that we’re making significant progress on achieving something that would have been unimaginable only a few short years ago.
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