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Snow Crash

SC

Firmware programming language for the brainstem, BIOS for the brain...

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Dollhouse S1 EP9 “Spy in the House of Love”

Dollhouse, S1 EP9 “Spy in the House of Love”
Dollhouse procedure in which new personalities and memories are uploaded into human “dolls”

Dollhouse procedure in which new personalities and memories are uploaded into human “dolls”...

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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

DAO

"Refresh" or a "restore from backup" is the cure for dying; which consists of creating a "force-grown" clone and downloading into its mind a backup of...

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Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Original Series
Represented by a complex computer interface and a large, clear helmet containing many metallic appliances. These feeder circuits connected directly to the brain of anyone who placed their head under this helmet. The Teacher automatically activated whenever someone placed their head in the helmet, but according to Spock, its use was strictly predetermined by the builders, suggesting that even the leader of the Eymorgs would only use the Teacher when somehow instructed to do so. In less than a minute, the Teacher transferred vast amounts of knowledge to the user, but unfortunately this knowledge did not last. According to the Eymorg Kara the knowledge persisted for about three hours.
The Teacher's feeder circuits were optimized for the configurations of an Eymorg brain. When Dr. McCoy used the device in 2268, he experienced great pain. Spock initially warned him against using the device, concerned about the possibility of brain damage, but McCoy felt he had no choice as there was no other chance of restoring Spock's brain to his body before the body failed. McCoy hoped to retain the knowledge and share it with the galaxy, but could not do so. Reuse of the Teacher would likely have caused brain damage and kill the user.

Represented by a complex computer interface and a large, clear helmet containing many metallic appliances. These feeder circuits connected directly to...

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Halo

Halo
A surgery of implanting Neural Substrate in a living brain of a soldier to create Smart artificial intelligences (AI) which reside within him. The AI can shut down the soldier’s brain.

A surgery of implanting Neural Substrate in a living brain of a soldier to create Smart artificial intelligences (AI) which reside within him. The AI ...

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Millennium

M

Added boost for maxxed out minds....

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Halo Alpha

HA

The Spartan Neural Interface is an upgrade of the standard Neural Interface that is used by the UNSC SPARTAN-II supersoldiers. The Spartan Neural Inte...

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StarGate SG-1 “Lost City”

StarGate SG-1, “Lost City”
Colonel O’Neil is grabbed by a piece of fluid architecture, and alien information
is painfully forced into his brain

Colonel O’Neil is grabbed by a piece of fluid architecture, and alien information is painfully forced into his brain...

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The Matrix

The Matrix
Bluepills, human beings still hardwired into the Matrix via pods in the power plant, had their headjacks in non-stop use and did not know of its existence, effectively imprisoning the bluepill within the Matrix. As humanity was only expected to be disconnected from the Matrix upon death, the pod's data probe was very securely attached to the headjack.
Whenever a redpill was freed from the Matrix, a docbot was summoned, which proceeded to unpleasantly disconnect the data probe from the headjack, also disconnecting the rest of the tubes connected from the pod to the ports found along the body. The redpill, being assumed dead or dying, was then flushed into the sewers.

Bluepills, human beings still hardwired into the Matrix via pods in the power plant, had their headjacks in non-stop use and did not know of its exist...

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Dune

D

A feature of filmbook recordings that helps imprint knowledge on the mind of the user....

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Skysurfer Strike Force

_**Skysurfer Strike Force**_
Attaching computer brain to one’s brain for increased intelligence.

Attaching computer brain to one’s brain for increased intelligence....

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Profession

P

children are educated by almost instantaneous direct computer/brain interface, a process known as taping. ...

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Killing Titan

KT

An aid to learning, which you apply directly to your skull....

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Black Mirror S3 EP2 "Playtest"

Black Mirror, S3 EP2 "Playtest"
Mushroom is a neural implant that is part of an immersive gaming system. Mushroom works like augmented reality. It alters the user’s perception, adding things to their experience of the world. In the demonstration in the episode, the user first plays a game of Whack-a-Mole with cartoon moles only he can see, thanks to the mushroom implant. Later in the episode, though, the device simulates his entire reality, “Matrix”-style, causing him to think he is walking through a mansion and even stabbed.
The mushroom is not only able to create a simulated reality for its users, it also apparently scans their minds for information. The idea of the horror video game the mushroom is used for is that it plumbs the user’s mind to find out what they fear, and then uses those fears to make the game scarier. In the episode, the device is also easily interfered with by cellular phone signals.

Mushroom is a neural implant that is part of an immersive gaming system. Mushroom works like augmented reality. It alters the user’s perception, addin...

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Cities in Flight

CF

A device that stimulates the brain and imparts knowledge directly...

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Dune Messiah

DM

A device to imprint particular facts from a book upon the brain of the reader....

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The Knowledge Machine

The Knowledge Machine
A special metal helmet for electro-education

A special metal helmet for electro-education...

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The New and Improved Romie Futch

TNA

pedagogical downloads via direct brain-computer interface...

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Chuck S2 E3 "Chuck Versus the Break-Up"

Chuck, S2 E3 "Chuck Versus the Break-Up"
Intersect Glasses are glasses that contain a portion of if not complete files for the Intersect.

Intersect Glasses are glasses that contain a portion of if not complete files for the Intersect....

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Elysium

Elysium
Neural implant used to access cranial data, or brain data. Cranial Data, or Brain data is an arrangement of scripts or code, or even full data, that is stored in a computer chip implanted within someone's brain.
It seems that cranial data is a normal medium used by Elysium's citizens to secure and protect extremely sensitive data for transport, similar to a modern-day flash drive, but far more secure. There also appears to be data defense programs, such as the Sabre Cerebral Defense program that is being used to secure the code when one of the heroes uploads it into his brain, that provides further security in case someone attempts to use the code in an unauthorized manner.
With cranial data, just like any other type of data, it is possible for people to implant devices into the brain that is capable of syncing and "grabbing" the cranial data from the individual. This action is referred to as a data heist and is considered a type of theft. It is also hinted at in the movie that bank account codes and other financial security information is held in the cranial data bank, which would imply that the cranial data implant also functions as a security measure to authorize funds or even access to secured areas.

Neural implant used to access cranial data, or brain data. Cranial Data, or Brain data is an arrangement of scripts or code, or even full data, that i...

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Chuck S1 EP1 "Versus the Intersect"

Chuck, S1 EP1 "Versus the Intersect"
subliminal data transmission via ordinary computer - government secrets which are subconsciously transmitted into his brain.

subliminal data transmission via ordinary computer - government secrets which are subconsciously transmitted into his brain....

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Dollhouse S1 EP13 "Epitaph"

Dollhouse, S1 EP13 "Epitaph"
jacks implanted in the face that let people upload and erase information and skill modules at will

jacks implanted in the face that let people upload and erase information and skill modules at will...

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Flood

F

A device that beams music directly into your brain, without wires...

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Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet
"plastic educator", a device capable of measuring and enhancing intellectual capacity.

"plastic educator", a device capable of measuring and enhancing intellectual capacity....

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Halo Alpha

Halo Alpha
Command Neural Interface or CNI implants are implanted in the brain of every UNSC ship commander. In addition to the duties of a standard Neural Interface, they also have several purposes specific to a ship commander.
Once installed, they cannot be removed without killing the host or doing permanent damage to the host's brain without sophisticated surgery that is designed for this purpose. Their main use is the storage of data codes, NAV data, and also for receiving telemetry from outside sources. AIs can access the lace with the owner's consent and retrieve data for use. The owner of the lace can also receive data about the ship they command, sent directly to their retinas courtesy of the shipboard AI.

Command Neural Interface or CNI implants are implanted in the brain of every UNSC ship commander. In addition to the duties of a standard Neural Inter...

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Futurama S6 EP16 "Law and Oracle"

Futurama, S6 EP16 "Law and Oracle"
Pickles, a robot equipped with an advanced human brain that can predict crimes in advance before they happen.

Pickles, a robot equipped with an advanced human brain that can predict crimes in advance before they happen....

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America Dad Who Smarted

America Dad, Who Smarted
A procedure to increase intelligence levels. The effect can be voided by smoking weed.

A procedure to increase intelligence levels. The effect can be voided by smoking weed....

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Possessor: Uncut

Possessor: Uncut
"possessor": a contract killer whose consciousness is implanted into the body of another person in order to carry out an assassination.

"possessor": a contract killer whose consciousness is implanted into the body of another person in order to carry out an assassination....

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Joe 90

Joe 90
The "BIG RAT" (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record And Transfer), a machine capable of recording knowledge and experience from leading experts in various fields and transferring it to another human brain. At the heart of the design is the "Rat Trap": a spherical, rotating cage in which a subject is seated during the transfer of "brain patterns".

The "BIG RAT" (Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record And Transfer), a machine capable of recording knowledge and experience from leading experts in variou...

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The Matrix

The Matrix
A headjack is the small data port created on synthetically-grown humans who become connected to the neural-interactive virtual reality known as the Matrix. The headjacks were located at the base of the skull, just above where the neck meets the back of the head. Approximately 1 inch (2.54 cm) in diameter, it provided room within the otherwise close quarters of the human cranium for a data probe approximately 8 inches (20 cm) in length and 0.79 inches (2 cm) in diameter. These were installed during the synthetic humans' fetal stages and altogether redirected the brain's signals into any data probe plugged into the headjack. The headjack was the interface used to primarily connect to the Matrix. More than just connecting to the Matrix, however, the headjack was also used by redpills to connect to any compatible simulated reality like the Construct. Once a redpill was connected to either the Matrix or the Construct, the headjack could then be used to upload data directly into the human brain. This was used by the Resistance to great effect, uploading instructional information to support agents during training and even during mission proper. Some examples of the upload-able information used by the operatives were gun handling, a range of self defense and martial arts techniques, and helicopter piloting.
The manner by which the headjack and data probe worked had not been sufficiently described. But communication by the headjack was probably a mixture of electrical and electromagnetic transmissions, where the headjack was the central interface, with perhaps thousands of tiny connectors or electrodes that meld into and throughout the synthetic brain, or woven through the central nervous system at the brain stem.

A headjack is the small data port created on synthetically-grown humans who become connected to the neural-interactive virtual reality known as the Ma...

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Black Mirror S3 EP "San Junipero"

Black Mirror, S3 EP "San Junipero"
A digitizing process that can upload the consciousness of a person into the simulation permanently, outside of their physical body. The idea is that the elderly and dying can be uploaded into the simulation to effectively live forever, even after their bodies have died.

A digitizing process that can upload the consciousness of a person into the simulation permanently, outside of their physical body. The idea is that t...

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Minority Report

Minority Report
specialized mutated humans, called "Precogs", who "previsualize" crimes by receiving visions of the future.

specialized mutated humans, called "Precogs", who "previsualize" crimes by receiving visions of the future....

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Hostile Waters Antaeus Rising

HWA

On board are a series of "soulcatcher" chips, a classified 1990s military program researched into for the storage of human brain functions on a silico...

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Quarantine

Q

Neural mods are common place, designed pathways in the brain that are created with engineered, programmable microoganisms to produce a variety of effe...

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H+ : the digital series

H+ : the digital series
This device is a nanoscopic, neuroprosthetic brain-computer interface, developed by HPlus Nano Teoranta, that provides a human brain with a computer's storage and data retrieval, a wireless connection to the internet, and a heads up display/operating system that the user "sees" in their own visual field and interacts with using their hands or thoughts.

This device is a nanoscopic, neuroprosthetic brain-computer interface, developed by HPlus Nano Teoranta, that provides a human brain with a computer's...

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Halo Alpha

Halo Alpha
The standard neural interface has basic functions. It acts as a "friend or foe" indicator, so that radar signatures will pick up the owner's signature and identify it as friendly. This way, the wearer appears as a "yellow" blip on the motion tracker of another soldier's HUD and friendly fire is less likely. It also shows the targeting reticle of the gun chosen. They work only within a limited range, again because its primary purpose is to avoid friendly fire.
The neural interface is implanted at the base of the skull and cannot be removed without killing its owner or through sophisticated surgery. The standard interface is implanted in all UNSC military personnel upon activation, but it can be replaced with a more specialized neural lace should the need arise.
Ship commanders receive command neural interfaces, while the SPARTAN-IIs have received the more specialized Spartan Neural Interface.

The standard neural interface has basic functions. It acts as a "friend or foe" indicator, so that radar signatures will pick up the owner's signature...

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Frontera

F

Altering reality, uploading knowledge...

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Person of Interest

Person of Interest
Implant to help run the virtual simulations and make the person more “cooperative”

Implant to help run the virtual simulations and make the person more “cooperative”...

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When Gravity Fails

WGF

A plug-in personality module; a firmware device that gives the user the personality desired - ROM to your brain's RAM. This device is different than a...

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Shadow World

SW

A device that unlocked the dreams and fantasies inherent in the user's brain...

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Neuromancer

N

A small piece of firmware inserted into the brain that provides data on a particular subject, or special features, for the user...

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Old Man’s War

OMW

The BrainPal is a neural implant that allows members of the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF) to send and receive data, including speech, battle plans and...

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
A dataport was a device that allowed a person to interface directly with a computer. Dataports also allowed information to be transferred to or from a person's mind, including memories, which could then be stored in data crystals. A third capability of dataports was allowing two people to link minds; in that capacity, they were used by net-girls, among others, who allowed paid customers into their minds.
The typical dataport had three parts: one which was implanted behind the person's ear, one which was attached to the implant, and one which attached to the target computer.

A dataport was a device that allowed a person to interface directly with a computer. Dataports also allowed information to be transferred to or from a...

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The Red Trilogy

TRT

permanent monitoring “skullcap” implanted in the head. the technology is also far from perfect. It is not uncommon for soldiers like Shelley to become...

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Flight of the Navigator

Flight of the Navigator
helmet demonstrating hidden knowledge within the brain of the user

helmet demonstrating hidden knowledge within the brain of the user...

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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077
Netrunners are the types of savvy computer hackers you would find in the movie Hackers, but with a cybernetically augmented interface system implanted into their body. Using their brain-computer interface implants, they roam the Internet, looking for systems to hack and information to sell to fixers. Although anyone can enter the Net, most people can't use the "Menu." The Menu is a group of Applications (Apps) that are Interface programs that allows a Netrunner to Locate Remote, Run Software, Control Remote, LDL Link, Load, Create and Delete.

Netrunners are the types of savvy computer hackers you would find in the movie Hackers, but with a cybernetically augmented interface system implanted...

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