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"There was a time when one old eccentric guy with a notebook could do something important to science. Now even the resources of a major university are often not enough."
- Jerry Pournelle
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| Hypnotelevisor | ||
| A device that displays memories directly on a helmet screen. |
 (Hypnotelevisor helmet)
 (Hypnotelevisor helmet in use) |
| Technovelgy from Buck Rogers, 2430 AD,
by Philip Nowlan (w/D. Calkins). Published by Not Known in 1929 Additional resources -
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Compare to the espionage machine from No, No, Not Rogov! (1958) by Cordwainer Smith.
See also this article about a method to actually visualize memories Extract Images Directly From The Human Brain.
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