Scientists take first steps towards extending the brain with silicon. This is seriously cool shit, and I am not exagerating – assuming this approach works, actual immortality is ours within our lifetime. I’ve been reading about this since the early 80’s, it’s completely awesome to see it take its first steps towards practical reality.

Of course it’s not really immortality in the way we might think of it, but if you were able to communicate with a perfect copy of me every day, even though I was 6 feet under, would you still think I was alive? I might not, but you definitely would. It reminds me of ancestor worship in asian cultures in a way; instead of revering the dead, you can actually sidle up to the family shrine and ask their advice.

Count on me backing up my head the moment this tech becomes commercially available. In fact you can start the bidding now on your own personal copy of me! 😉