Memory Implants From: MIT Technology Review - 04/23/2013 By: Jon Cohen A maverick neuroscientist believes he has deciphered the code by which the brain forms long-term memories. Theodore Berger, a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, envisions a day in the not too distant future when a patient with severe memory loss can get help from an electronic implant. In people whose brains have suffered damage from Alzheimer's, stroke, or injury, disrupted neuronal networks often prevent long-term memories from forming. For more than two decades, Berger has designed silicon chips to mimic the signal processing that those neurons do when they're functioning properly - the work that allows us to recall experiences and knowledge for more than a minute. Ultimately, Berger wants to restore the ability to create long-term memories by implanting chips like these in the brain. Read the entire article at: http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/513681/memory-implants/ Links: Theodore Berger http://www.usc.edu/programs/neuroscience/faculty/profile.php?fid=23 http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/experts/80.html Piecemeal repair and replacement of brain parts is coming (video 9:24) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJsfQTcBhAM Regaining Lost Brain Function http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514006/regaining-lost-brain-function/ How to Make an Implant that Improves the Brain http://www.technologyreview.com/view/514491/how-to-make-a-cognitive-neuroprosthetic/ Related: This camera may help individuals with Alzheimer's remember their day Memoto Camera Logs Your Life http://www.technologyreview.com/video/514771/memoto-camera-logs-your-life/ Logging Life with a Lapel Camera http://www.technologyreview.com/news/514361/logging-life-with-a-lapel-camera/