Nanobot Technology?
 

In this thread: http://www.tree-of-souls.com/science...d_reality.html there was an article about future entertainment. It was said that in about 40+ years we will be able to inject nanobots in out bloodstream which would then crate implants in our brain. But, how dangerous or how useful is this? I came to a great idea these days which could use this tech (NOTE: Everything you will see here is made up by me and currently does not exist. These are only my predictions!):

Personal Media Center

Pros:
- Ability to experience multimedia without anyone interrupting.
- Get full immersion.
- Access multimedia anywhere.
- Digital Tsahaylu.

Cons:
- Hackers creating viruses which could infect these implants and wipe memories, change behaviour and such.
- Possible radio wave interference.
- General health safety.
- Possible memory loss if brain becomes full with files.
- Need to actually test the technology first on someone.
- A new war tactic could be used: EMP (Electro-magnetic pulse) War.
- Possibility of Matrix happening.
- Possibility of nanotech evolving to The Borg.

So, time to explain all modules (implants) which would have to be created in the brain:

Implant Modules

- Optical nerve interface - Connects the optical nerve to the rest of electronics allowing to receive and send data.

- Hearing nerve interface - Connects the hearing nerve to the rest of electronics allowing to receive and send data. This would also allow people to hear full surround like never before and prevent hearing loss from too loud music.

- Blue-tooth connection interface - Allows the person to connect her/himself wirelessly to a computer or other person. This would allow the use of the bran as a portable storage device and would allow people to make Digital Tsahaylu.

- Brain storage interface - Brain has lots of terabytes of space. This space could be used to store tons of data.

- Emotional interface - Connection to the part of brain which controls emotions. Used for Digital Tsahaylu.

Applications

- Listening to music without an external device. - Imagine that you could listen to music without having to put in your earphones. Just close your eyes, willingly show the interface in your eyesight (Optical nerve interface) and select a song you wish to play! Great pro of this would be that you can't loose your hearing from too high volumes because you are streaming it directly inside your brain.

- Watching videos. - Simply close the eyes, choose the file you wish to watch from the menu that you willingly show in your eyesight and watch movies! You could also experience them in a surround like never before.

- Storing tons of data. - Since brain has HUGE capacity, person could upload files to his / her brain via the blue-tooth interface for later easier access. The person's brain would be paired with a computer as a removable drive. The only con of this could be the possible loss of memory when the brain is full with files.

- Streaming someone's eyesight. - Since the optical nerve interface could receive data from eyes as well, people could use it to see through other people's eyes and experience world as they do. The video would be streamed via blue-tooth to a computer.

- Digital Tsahylu - People would be able to pair via blue-tooth with each other and actually experience Tsahaylu using the emotional interface electronical circuit. This is most likely the the best idea of them all.


So, what do you think of my ideas? :D

Neato! However, it appears the cons far outweigh the pros =p

Do want :D

Looks promising, but I can see a LOT of potential for abuse, so I'm slightly worried.

In addition, I'm not sure if it would be completely feasible or not.

I really believe that this will one day be possible and when it is I am sure it'll be used. Personally I'd love some augmentations!

Btw, I've thought about this myself in the past, and I have another idea for an implant:

A calculation module to complement the brain's awesome powers in reasoning etc with some excellent computational (e.g. mathematical) capabilities.

I think once stuff like this gets implemented, no one would use computers anymore when brain can do it all better.

Ahh, but Fosus, it seems plausible to me that when these modifications are available, we'll be able to take human brains and augment computers with them...

I see it more as an ability to better interface with computers. Forget HD, what about getting video and audio directly to your brain?
Forget typing, you can enter text a lot faster with your mind.

And of course, most importantly, we can create Pandora on the internet and all experience it.

Windows installed in my brain.. O_o No thanks :P

Forget entering text, you can directly communicate concepts/ideas! (probably)

I close my eyes, and start to browse through my files in my brain...
BSoD

Exactly. We all fret about how we all can't meet each other at the same time IRL. With this technology we indeed could meet each other, as Na'vi, on a simulated Pandora. We could live in Hometree, ride Ikran, see the bioluminescence, everything! Just let that sink in for a minute...

Unfathomable awesomeness is unfathomable. :P

You forgot something just as important... those of us separated by distance who want to be together could... :'(
...and with tsahaylu too...

Obviously!:)

And another cool thing about this is that it might be able to manipulate the relativistic flow of time within the brain in a similar manner that dreams do. We could spend several days on Pandora, while only several hours or a day pass on Earth.

Amen!

Why is that despite all the cons there against technologies like this you want to embrace them so openly?

You should have read Frankenstein I bet you would not be as open to embrace anything that comes your way no matter how dangerous just to get rid of your humanity or rather the limitations that humanity impose.