brain implant theme

There is a technological device that is implanted directly into someones brain. Note: This theme only applies when the implant results in a functionality that goes above and beyond what currently existing brain implant devices can provide.

10 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 5 minor

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blackmirror7x01 choice At the heart of the story is a wireless network that, via an implant of some sort, connected directly to the brain of its users.
movie: Johnny Mnemonic (1995) major Professional data smuggler Johnny had a cybernetic implant that enabled him to carry 160 gigabytes of data in his head.
movie: Megaville (1990) major Jensen had a cranial implant that made him think he was a CKS coprs operative named Palinov. The implant also enable CKS higher ups to see what he saw in addition to being able to communicate with him.
movie: The Kovak Box (2006) major The evil scientist Frank Kovak paid a network of criminals to implant people with neural devices that when activated, drove people to suicide.
movie: The Mind Snatchers (1972) major Dr. Frederick drilled holes in his patient's skulls and connected wires into their brains in a way that allowed him to exercise some control over their states of mind.
movie: Possessor (2020) minor Tasya had her brain implanted with a small device that enabled her consciousness to be transfered into the bodies of other people.
movie: Probe (1972) minor Lockwood was implanted with a radio ear jack.
movie: The Stepford Wives (2004) minor The Stepford men were transforming their liberated, career-driven wives into submissive robot-like women by implanting microchips into their brains.
movie: Universal Soldier: The Return (1999) minor The Universal Soldiers were controlled by means of special neural implants.
voy3x03 minor Each prisoner was implanted with a microchip called "the clamp" that induced aggression and gradually drove them insane.