Zakalwe
Inactive Member
NovaCorp has historically used bio-neural interfaces to a great degree, and most NovaCorp personnel have one, inserted into the back of the neck, and if they wish to pilot a craft to the best of their abilities, another one in the lower spine.
However the problem with these devices is there where quite large, and uncomfortable to put in, weren't attractive (very important in Ephesus' eyes), and where dragging behind the technology available to NovaCop.
Thus he designed the Bio-neural interface, Sophia.
Having Sophia introduced into the body comes into several stages. The first is the injection of a dose of nano-bots into the blood stream, which builds up a lattice into the brain. These nano-bots allow for data-storage, allowing it to be a backup for memory, and also allows the remote access of computers.
The second stage is the implant of a small symbiotic organism into the brain. It is injected as a tiny egg into the arm, and passes through the blood/brain barrier and grows slowly throughout the brain, replacing some of the neurological connections in the brain, and working hard in order not to damage the brain. This symbiotic organism serves as a form of long term storage of memory, as well as by working to optimise the brain for interaction with the lattice, and increase the brains processing speed. This does not aid normal thinking tasks, but more allows the brain to process the data input from the bio-neural interface.
The modified memory of the subject works as part of a two way system. First all external stimuli is fed both through the normal parts of the brain, and also through the lattice. The lattice keeps in ‘short term' memories, although it actually also keeps long term memories the reason for the distinction will be made clear in a moment. While the natural memory is kept functioning and remembers the same things as it always does, the lattice provides a functional eidetic memory, remembering everything the person hears, sees, smells, touches, tastes and thinks. This gives them the gift of total recall. The lattice then begins to write its information into the biological portion of Sophia, which is used as the long term memory. It also remembers everything, and grants the gift of total recall, the difference being that this is the failsafe in case EMI or EMP removes the lattice's memories. As such the system is wired that even if the subject is hit by an EMP or the Lattice is otherwise nullified, the subjects memory will not suffer beyond the lack of total recall for short term memories.
Rather than using the rather bulky central ports in the back of the neck and lower spine (they where actually only the size of a small coin, by Ephesus was still unhappy with that), they where replace with much smaller ports, each one around the size of a piece of lead within a pencil. There are four of them running down the spine of the neck, and three more along the spine, one just under the shoulder blades, another in the centre of the spine, the last at the base. In addition, instead of using the theoretically damaging connection to the spinal column, these ports send tiny tendrils into the nervous system around where they are, but don't touch the spinal column itself, rather working indirectly but through actually working more efficiently due to increased harmony between the technology and the body. These ports are utilised primarily through small snake like wires the thickness of a pin inserting themselves into them.
The finished system has many advantages. One is that since the lattice, one it is installed, begins to ‘save' all of the subjects memories and personality, as well as scribe this into the biological element, and bring it into a form where it can be transferred through remote connection or bio-neural interface. This creates a ‘back-up' of the person at that state of time, which can later be used to bring a clone of that person back with all its memories. A full back-up takes several weeks after the Latice has been established, and it has to be commanded to do so.
The remote access works through what is basically an advanced broadband wireless connection established by the lattice. It allows the user to speak to most advanced machines ‘telepathically', as well as accessing such things as the internet, or other data storage facilities, surf and also download information into the brain. This can be used for the acquisition of skills through the two part process of the lattice first having it available to access, then the symbiotic organism begins to write it into the natural memory, making it almost natural to call upon (however it still gives a rather disjointed feeling, since it is not your experiences you are calling upon). Another advantage is that multiple users of Sophia can use something akin to telepathy through communication across this. Great pains are taken to make this connection secure, through the use of extremely complicated ciphers, usually on a qausi-random frequency. In addition there are numerous fail-safe's within Sophia to deny any would-be hacker access into the users memories or their mind. The simplest is that with any sign of intrusion, Sophia shuts of its wireless connection, but it contains within its system several extremely dangerous computer viruses' it can use as an ‘immune system' and attack invaders. The very nature of Sophia and its programming also makes it extremely hard to hack or even to use of you're not the user (to whom it seems simple and second nature), an insane maze. Another favourite tactic is to call in a NovaCorp ships AI to deal with the intruder.
It also serves an important purpose in allowing man and machine to mesh together well, since Sophia allows the human mind to function at the speeds of a computer far more efficiently than earlier models. The greatest advantage is that a user can operate machinery and computers as if it was simply an extension of itself.
Price: Made for NovaCorp personnel.
However the problem with these devices is there where quite large, and uncomfortable to put in, weren't attractive (very important in Ephesus' eyes), and where dragging behind the technology available to NovaCop.
Thus he designed the Bio-neural interface, Sophia.
Having Sophia introduced into the body comes into several stages. The first is the injection of a dose of nano-bots into the blood stream, which builds up a lattice into the brain. These nano-bots allow for data-storage, allowing it to be a backup for memory, and also allows the remote access of computers.
The second stage is the implant of a small symbiotic organism into the brain. It is injected as a tiny egg into the arm, and passes through the blood/brain barrier and grows slowly throughout the brain, replacing some of the neurological connections in the brain, and working hard in order not to damage the brain. This symbiotic organism serves as a form of long term storage of memory, as well as by working to optimise the brain for interaction with the lattice, and increase the brains processing speed. This does not aid normal thinking tasks, but more allows the brain to process the data input from the bio-neural interface.
The modified memory of the subject works as part of a two way system. First all external stimuli is fed both through the normal parts of the brain, and also through the lattice. The lattice keeps in ‘short term' memories, although it actually also keeps long term memories the reason for the distinction will be made clear in a moment. While the natural memory is kept functioning and remembers the same things as it always does, the lattice provides a functional eidetic memory, remembering everything the person hears, sees, smells, touches, tastes and thinks. This gives them the gift of total recall. The lattice then begins to write its information into the biological portion of Sophia, which is used as the long term memory. It also remembers everything, and grants the gift of total recall, the difference being that this is the failsafe in case EMI or EMP removes the lattice's memories. As such the system is wired that even if the subject is hit by an EMP or the Lattice is otherwise nullified, the subjects memory will not suffer beyond the lack of total recall for short term memories.
Rather than using the rather bulky central ports in the back of the neck and lower spine (they where actually only the size of a small coin, by Ephesus was still unhappy with that), they where replace with much smaller ports, each one around the size of a piece of lead within a pencil. There are four of them running down the spine of the neck, and three more along the spine, one just under the shoulder blades, another in the centre of the spine, the last at the base. In addition, instead of using the theoretically damaging connection to the spinal column, these ports send tiny tendrils into the nervous system around where they are, but don't touch the spinal column itself, rather working indirectly but through actually working more efficiently due to increased harmony between the technology and the body. These ports are utilised primarily through small snake like wires the thickness of a pin inserting themselves into them.
The finished system has many advantages. One is that since the lattice, one it is installed, begins to ‘save' all of the subjects memories and personality, as well as scribe this into the biological element, and bring it into a form where it can be transferred through remote connection or bio-neural interface. This creates a ‘back-up' of the person at that state of time, which can later be used to bring a clone of that person back with all its memories. A full back-up takes several weeks after the Latice has been established, and it has to be commanded to do so.
The remote access works through what is basically an advanced broadband wireless connection established by the lattice. It allows the user to speak to most advanced machines ‘telepathically', as well as accessing such things as the internet, or other data storage facilities, surf and also download information into the brain. This can be used for the acquisition of skills through the two part process of the lattice first having it available to access, then the symbiotic organism begins to write it into the natural memory, making it almost natural to call upon (however it still gives a rather disjointed feeling, since it is not your experiences you are calling upon). Another advantage is that multiple users of Sophia can use something akin to telepathy through communication across this. Great pains are taken to make this connection secure, through the use of extremely complicated ciphers, usually on a qausi-random frequency. In addition there are numerous fail-safe's within Sophia to deny any would-be hacker access into the users memories or their mind. The simplest is that with any sign of intrusion, Sophia shuts of its wireless connection, but it contains within its system several extremely dangerous computer viruses' it can use as an ‘immune system' and attack invaders. The very nature of Sophia and its programming also makes it extremely hard to hack or even to use of you're not the user (to whom it seems simple and second nature), an insane maze. Another favourite tactic is to call in a NovaCorp ships AI to deal with the intruder.
It also serves an important purpose in allowing man and machine to mesh together well, since Sophia allows the human mind to function at the speeds of a computer far more efficiently than earlier models. The greatest advantage is that a user can operate machinery and computers as if it was simply an extension of itself.
Price: Made for NovaCorp personnel.
