Recover memories with brain implants? Really?
DARPA (the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) hopes so. Of course, their goal is to heal the soldiers who have been brain injured by war. By memory, we are not talking about helping the warfighter recall his or her name, but motor skills and other tasks that are necessary for life or to earn a living. But, like many a NASA advances of old, these developments may also help those who suffer from Alzheimer’s, among other folks. How many folks suffer from memory losses? How about 1.7 million new subjects a year!