Neuroscience & Mental Health · Projected milestone
Memory-restoring implants
Estimated year~2060
25% by 2065 · including earlier years
The year is an editorial timing estimate. The percentage applies to occurrence by the stated deadline. These estimates are not calibrated odds.
Hippocampal implants restore the ability to form new memories.
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Milestone stage: milestone (legacy definition)
Completion criteria: Legacy milestone: refine the observable threshold before resolving.
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- Memory backups from the brainForecast · ~2065enables
- Emotion-regulation implantsForecast · ~2070enables
- Recorded-memory file formatForecast · ~2070enables
- Brain injury repairForecast · ~2071enables
- Cognitive enhancement implantsForecast · ~2078enables
- Learning-speed implantsForecast · ~2083enables
- Memory readouts as evidenceForecast · ~2085enables
- Memories as mediaForecast · ~2088enables
- Memoirs from recorded memoryForecast · ~2090enables
- Memory care for very long livesForecast · ~2096enables
Sources & evidence
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.