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Need some prep help

Started by James McMurray, September 10, 2007, 11:36:35 AM

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James McMurray

September 10, 2007, 11:36:35 AM
Does anyone know of a real world company looking at downloading human memories to computer? They don't have to be anywhere near a successful prototype.

I'm prepping for a game set in the modern world and want to keep as much of it true to life as possible.

Thanks!

Skyrock

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September 10, 2007, 11:39:54 AM
Wikimedia Foundation? :D

Sorry, don't know of real companies who try to accomplish such a thing in the cyberpunky "rip off a poor guy to create an AI out of him" way.
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Reimdall

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September 10, 2007, 12:23:06 PM
You could riff on this.

A couple of years and the right investors with a couple of plot nudges, it's a full-blown corporation or governmental black ops research concern.  :D

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Reimdall

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September 10, 2007, 12:23:51 PM
It's not exactly downloading to computer, but it's bio baby.
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James McMurray

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September 10, 2007, 01:04:49 PM
Roger over at Story Games won the No Prize. He pointed me to Braintec. The PR on the front page juxtaposed with the call for testees ("Would you like a free trip to Oregon?") gives them just the right degree of creepiness. :)

Reimdall

#6
September 10, 2007, 01:11:06 PM
Oh no!

It's horrible and perfect.  You couldn't design a better mockery site.
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James McMurray

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September 10, 2007, 01:39:52 PM
That's what I was thinking. I have no idea what that lady is holding in the picture above the call for testees, but it doesn't make me want to fly to Oregon.

arminius

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September 10, 2007, 02:43:06 PM
Quote from: James McMurrayThat's what I was thinking. I have no idea what that lady is holding in the picture above the call for testees, but it doesn't make me want to fly to Oregon.
She's holding an MESI implant. (Want to know more? Click here.)

Beware of any call for "testees"--it might be a typo. Also note, if you go there, they only provide dinner, but "it is also possible to use our kitchen to cook yourself."

Anyway, might want to look at the last link here, and then note this. You don't have to read Dutch to get the drift.
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