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A New Device Could Make Memory Implants a Reality

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By mimicking the way neurons fire in the hippocampus during natural memory creation, a brain implant was used to successfully plant memories in the brains of rats. Though human implementation is far off, this breakthrough in cracking the hippocampus' mathematical "memory code" has very important implications for health and research.
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DARPA Has Huge Things Planned in Biotech

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With a budget of about $296 million last year, DARPA's Biological Technologies Office (BTO) is making strides in areas like cognitive assistance, immunization, and neurotechnology. These breakthroughs will not only strengthen the country's military, they will also impact the lives of civilians, just like previous DARPA-backed creations the internet and GPS have.
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