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Dark Angel

DA

All Red soldiers were convicts, who were recruited from Death Row with the promise of several more months of life and relative freedom serving their c...

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Snow Crash

SC

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

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StarCraft

StarCraft
Neural resocialization was a rigorous process, devised by the Terran Confederacy, used to treat criminals suffering from mental disorders or at least prevent them from committing crimes and turning them into loyal soldiers. Some Dominion military personnel even volunteered for the process (in an effort to avoid mental problems). Those who underwent the process often had a blissful look. Since the reign of Valerian Mengsk, it has been banned by the Terran Dominion.
Terrans sometimes refer to neural resocialization simply as "resoc" or "brain panning" (the latter term also refers to any form of insanity, brain damage, drug use or even simple stupidity).
Neural resocialization bears many similarities to the technology used normally to control ghosts. However, resocialization technology has been used to control spectres and to modify the memories of ghosts in order to ensure their loyalty.
Resocialized individuals' minds are "fuzzy" when sensed by a telepath.

Neural resocialization was a rigorous process, devised by the Terran Confederacy, used to treat criminals suffering from mental disorders or at least ...

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Until the End of the World

Until the End of the World
Device for recording and translating brain impulses to restore vision of the blind person. Also used for recording the dreams. telexperience technology that is adapted to record dreams so that they can be shared with others or watched on a video display. In the world of the film, the technology is new and experimental, and is handled in the inventor’s laboratory with complicated electronic equipment. After having first recorded an event with a special binocular, brainwave-reading camera, the subject must rewatch the recording and remember the event. During this rewatching, the subject’s brainwaves are being recorded for later transmission. The subject has electrodes taped to his or her temples and lies back in a curved headrest with an electronic grid lining it. We know it’s working because of the various screens that display the moving images gathered by the procedure. We know it’s done when the subject’s REM state ends, which is seen on screens that monitor the health and brain activity
of the subject.

Device for recording and translating brain impulses to restore vision of the blind person. Also used for recording the dreams. telexperience technolog...

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Deepness in the Sky

DTS

An active MRI-type device triggers changes through dia- and paramagnetic biological molecules. By manipulating the brain in this way, Emergent manager...

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Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online
Medicuboid is integrated with a bed, from the head to the spinal cord, rather than just a helmet and it connects not only to the medulla, but to the spinal cord as well. It also possesses a greater processing power, allowing interaction with deeper parts of the brain. All these improvements provide the user with enhanced reflexes and reaction time. However, this machine is only meant to be used for medical purposes, and specifically for patients in Terminal Care. The users of the Medicuboid hardly use their own bodies to come back to the real world; instead, they connect to external devices, like cameras and microphones, via the Medicuboid to interact with the real world.

Medicuboid is integrated with a bed, from the head to the spinal cord, rather than just a helmet and it connects not only to the medulla, but to the s...

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Hella

H

A neural implant that helps an autistic child to live a more complete life....

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Black Mirror S4 EP6 "Black Museum"

Black Mirror, S4 EP6 "Black Museum"
A two-part system, the Sympathetic Diagnoser is mainly a brain implant that receives sensory information from a transmitter. The information is confined to sensations — pain, specifically, but also pleasure and fear. The transmitter is a brain scanner that another person wears on their head. When another person is wearing it, the Diagnoser allows the person fitted with the receiver implant to feel the pain (or pleasure) of the person wearing the transmitter. In “Black Museum,” the system was used to help a doctor identify the ailments of his patients by allowing him to feel them himself.

A two-part system, the Sympathetic Diagnoser is mainly a brain implant that receives sensory information from a transmitter. The information is confin...

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Black Mirror S4 EP2 Arkangel

Black Mirror, S4 EP2 Arkangel
Arkangel is a brain implant used in children that connects their senses and vitals to an external monitoring tablet. The implant is able to tap into the child’s senses to broadcast what they are seeing and hearing, which can be monitored on the tablet, and their senses can be altered with “parental controls.” The controls blur out anything the child sees that might cause a spike in cortisol levels in the brain. Arkangel also monitors vital signs and other bodily functions, like hormone levels, and acts as a GPS tracker to keep the child from becoming lost.

Arkangel is a brain implant used in children that connects their senses and vitals to an external monitoring tablet. The implant is able to tap into t...

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The Ancient Brain

TAB

A device used to artificially stimulate cell growth and development....

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The Human Blend (The Tipping Point Trilogy)

THB

A device that burns out neural connections....

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation
The VISOR (an acronym for Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement) was a medical device used in the Federation to aid patients who had either lost their eyesight or were born blind. The result was a vastly different visual acuity, with VISOR-wearers able to see in the infrared and ultraviolet ranges and beyond. To Human eyes with good vision, the images relayed through the VISOR could seem disorienting and unfamiliar. The 2360s model detected electromagnetic signals across the entire EM spectrum between 1 Hz and 100,000 THz and transmitted those signals to the brain through neural implants in the temples of the individual via delta-compressed wavelengths. A bank of preprocessors uses a pulse compression routine to compress the data stream into pulses so that it doesn't overload the senses.

The VISOR (an acronym for Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement) was a medical device used in the Federation to aid patients who had either ...

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DeusEx

DeusEx
One-way micro-transceiver array allows agents in the field to receive messages from Control, and to store and later retrieve relevant maps, conversations and notes. Example 1: helicopter pilot with implanted chips to better pilot her aircraft and analyze flight paths, velocity and spacial awareness. Ex 2: hacker with BCI which allows direct access to computer networks and to act as “human proxy”, to allow an individual to remotely control his/her actions. The game raises the question of the downsides of this kind of augmentation as those who cannot afford the enhancements (or object to getting them) rapidly find themselves at a serious disadvantage against people with artificial enhancement of their abilities. The spectre of being forced to have mechanical or electronic enhancements just to get a job is explored as well. The storyline addresses the effect of implant rejection by use of the fictional drug 'Neuropozyne' which breaks down glial tissue and is also fiercely addictive, leaving people who have augmentations little choice but to continue buying the drug from a single biotech corporation who controls the price of it. Without the drug augmented people experience rejection of implants (along with ensuing loss of implant functionality), crippling pain, and possible death.

One-way micro-transceiver array allows agents in the field to receive messages from Control, and to store and later retrieve relevant maps, conversati...

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Brain Control

BC

A device that activates memories and plays them back in reverse order....

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

STT

Neural transducers were small devices used to restore mobility to physically disabled individuals. They could pick up the neural signals from the brai...

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All-Flash #12

All-Flash #12
The electrodes drilled into his skull, also serve the important purpose of Thinker being able to utilize his brain to its maximum potential, enabling him to really embody his name.

The electrodes drilled into his skull, also serve the important purpose of Thinker being able to utilize his brain to its maximum potential, enabling ...

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Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad
The electrodes drilled into his skull, also serve the important purpose of Thinker being able to utilize his brain to its maximum potential, enabling him to really embody his name.

The electrodes drilled into his skull, also serve the important purpose of Thinker being able to utilize his brain to its maximum potential, enabling ...

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Gamer

Gamer
a brain implant called a Nanex allows people to remotely access other people’s brains. It is based on self-replicating nanites that replace brain tissue and allow humans to control other humans' actions and see through their eyes. This technology powers two real-world “video games”.

a brain implant called a Nanex allows people to remotely access other people’s brains. It is based on self-replicating nanites that replace brain tiss...

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The Knowledge Machine

TKM

Deleting selected knowledge from the brain using electrical impulses...

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Brainstorm

Brainstorm
headset that records and transfers feelings, thoughts, sensations

headset that records and transfers feelings, thoughts, sensations...

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Blake's 7

B

a character, has a brain implant which is supposed to prevent future aggression after being convicted of killing an officer from the oppressive Federa...

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Riders of the Purple Wage

RTP

Electrical stimulation of the pleasure centers of the brain....

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Amped

A

implants to control epilepsy...

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Killing Titan

KT

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

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Surrogates

Surrogates
remote-controlled humanoid robots through which the humans interact with society.

remote-controlled humanoid robots through which the humans interact with society....

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The Turing Option

TTO

Electronic implants (restoring brain activity)...

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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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Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

BRA

To keep the humans happy, an invention called the Mood Organ Device is commonly used. It is a super precise neurostimulator than can elicit whatever m...

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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 Terminal Man

The Terminal Man
implant electrodes in the amygdala region of his brain in order to control the seizures. This new brain implant technology is described, in which 40 electrodes are placed into the brain. Then the medical staff tests each electrode by stimulating the brain with it and seeing which electrode will stop the seizure. After the initial test, a small computer is used to determine when a patient is having a seizure and stimulates the electrode at the appropriate time, like a brain pacemaker. The implant goes on to be focal point of the book. The man finds he can cause stimulation to elicit pleasure and goes on a sort of rampage because of it.

implant electrodes in the amygdala region of his brain in order to control the seizures. This new brain implant technology is described, in which 40 e...

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Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Original Series
The device was operated by reaching directly into a subject's mind and recording every thought and bit of knowledge within. Designed with variable settings, which determined the amount of force used, it could be a mind sifter or a mind ripper to its subject. If too much force was used, it would cause brain damage leaving the mind permanently emptied and the subject a "mental vegetable."

The device was operated by reaching directly into a subject's mind and recording every thought and bit of knowledge within. Designed with variable set...

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Culture Series

CS

Laces may autonomously regulate the flow of gland secretions to enhance bodily responses and functions. Laces may go to sleep with their host, and awa...

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Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons EP6 "Operation Time"

CSA

pioneering medical device called the "cerebral pulsator", implant for stimulation and linking...

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The Night's Dawn Trilogy

TND

Neural nanonics are a form of nanoscale technology implanted at the base of the skull that serve as a highly advanced computer system directly linked ...

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Known Space

Known Space
A device that fires an inductance beam which stimulates the pleasure center of the brain, creating an instant feeling of total and pure joy, ecstasy. It's used to render threatening opponents completely helpless. Enough exposure to the tasp causes addiction, making the victim an unwitting slave.

A device that fires an inductance beam which stimulates the pleasure center of the brain, creating an instant feeling of total and pure joy, ecstasy. ...

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Neuromancer

N

Stimulation of the brain and nervous system of one person using a recording (or live broadcast) of another person's experience. ...

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Ben Gleed King of Speed

BGK

A device that coordinated the waves of the brain with an external device to improve performance...

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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

TTS

A person who as undergone E therapy, and achieved the frontal lobe of their dreams....

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The Computer Connection

TCC

A small electronic device implanted in the cranium at birth; used for monitoring and control....

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

STD

When authorized by the head of the Obsidian Order, operatives (such as Elim Garak) were fitted with a cranial implant that stimulated the production o...

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The Dream Master

TDM

Photoelectric cell implanted in the forehead grants some vision to the blind....

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Saturn's Race

Saturn's Race
A device that aids sleep and relaxation by working with the subject's brain waves

A device that aids sleep and relaxation by working with the subject's brain waves...

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Fortress

F

To maintain discipline all inmates are implanted with "Intestinators" which induce severe pain or death as a form of physical control and mental condi...

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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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Blade Runner: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

BRA

A device that directs some sort of energy wave into a person's brain, allowing them to experience a chosen (dialed) mood....

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The Consolidator

TC

A device which improves the rationality of the thinking processes....

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Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Original Series
A medical instrument used to stimulate particular areas of a humanoid brain. These devices could be operated by remote control, if necessary. In Star Trek, the device is mostly used to provide the critical life support after fatal wounds.

A medical instrument used to stimulate particular areas of a humanoid brain. These devices could be operated by remote control, if necessary. In Star ...

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Known Space

KS

A device that fires an inductance beam which stimulates the pleasure center of the brain, creating an instant feeling of total and pure joy, ecstasy. ...

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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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The Gap Cycle Series

TGC

"zone implant" in the brain - a remotely controlled electrode which allows to control every feeling and action...

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A Planet Named Shayol

PNS

A device that delivers amps of pleasure directly to the brain...

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Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation
device that fits over the ears and projects signals into the eyes. This creates in the wearer's field of vision an image of discs going into funnels. When a disk goes into one of said funnels, the player is "rewarded" by receiving pleasure signals from the device.

device that fits over the ears and projects signals into the eyes. This creates in the wearer's field of vision an image of discs going into funnels. ...

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The Happiness Cage

THC

experiments are being conducted by United States Army to drill into the patients’ skulls, attach wires, and alter their brains to create better soldie...

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