Was looking up new technologies for an assignment for my capstone course, I found this.
As of right now, they can't implant memories into the brain, but they have done tests wherein a monkey was able to retrieve long-term memories. The current medical implications are astounding, Alzheimers would be eliminated fairly quickly, however after that the idea of perfect memory recall would be... mind blowing. Everything would be changed.
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/513681/memory-implants/
As of right now, they can't implant memories into the brain, but they have done tests wherein a monkey was able to retrieve long-term memories. The current medical implications are astounding, Alzheimers would be eliminated fairly quickly, however after that the idea of perfect memory recall would be... mind blowing. Everything would be changed.
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/513681/memory-implants/