Total Recall Sounds Great, But Some Things Should Be Forgotten

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External enhancements of memory may soon go high-tech. *Nom & Malc, CC BY-NC-ND

Imagine never again forgetting where you parked your car, or that last item you had on your grocery list, or why you walked into this room anyway. If you trust media stories about research currently under way at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to build an implantable device to restore memory, you might not have to worry about these memory lapses in the future.