Monkey brains!

[Occulus]

First, read the thread here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=163558

Now:

I'm imagining a scene about ten years from now. Wetware implants have become immensely popular, as scientists have discovered several amazing applications of wetware technology. By introducing a flash BIOS into the implant, they can program an entire operating system, complete with networking and multimedia capability, and have it accessible to the host.

How did they do that, you say? Well, since the optic nerve connects directly to the brain, it can be said that the eyes are really part of the brain. A "flash code" (coded burst of light which the implant's BIOS understands, delivered to the eyes via sealed, "lighttight" goggles) is introduced to the host and this signals the operating system in the wetware implant to store data.

Since the implant is connected to the optic nerve as well, it can send as well as receive signals to and from individual rod and cone cells in the retina, making possible a video overlay within the host's field of vision. The host would be able to view web pages, for example (although I personally would not want an ip address associated with my brain, thankyouverymuch), or communicate thoughts wirelessly to a recipient or recipients (another, personally, disturbing idea).

Is muckin' about with our monkey brains a good thing, a bad thing... or is it not a thing at all? :)

Please, discuss. I feel this is both bane and breakthrough, depending on how we introduce and handle it.

Voila! Fusion of humans and technology.