Data-Retrieval Mode

A system for getting the thoughts and images out of a person's mind; recovering the data from a brain storage device. (Read the full article)

"This was portrayed in the late 60's series "The Prisoner" as the core premise of the episode "A, B, and C", down to the regressing to a specific date."
(No. 6 3/28/2005 9:42:01 PM )
"There was a device like this in the 1956 BBC TV Serial "Quatermas and the Pit" writen by Nigel Kneale. It was used to display and record TV images of a characters halucinations."
(Chris Maughan 6/5/2011 7:42:28 AM )
"Correction: I think it was 1958 not 1956"
(Chris Maughan 6/5/2011 7:50:12 AM )
"Thanks for the reminder; I need to update this entry."
(Bill Christensen 6/5/2011 11:51:55 AM )

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