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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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