Here, British Telecommunications are developing a concept they call the ‘soul-catcher’. This is a device that would be implanted behind the eye of a human being which would record the details of that person’s life. On death this device would be removed and could then be implanted into another being – the theory being that the ‘experience’ (and lessons learned) of the previous existence would be instantly available to the newer life. Creating, in the process, an ongoing ‘library’ of various ‘types’ of lives, and the consequences thus resulting from having one particular ‘soul-catcher’ implanted, as opposed to another.
Another UK based company called Elektex has developed a technology that weaves wires into cloth fabric. Information, methods of power distribution and sensing circuitry can then be incorporated into washable clothes using conductive fabrics. At the Applied Nano-Bioscience Center in Arizona , scientists have developed prototypes of ‘biometric bodysuits’. The Center’s Director, Frederic Zenhausern describes “how electronics and fluidics can be incorporated into clothing to perform a wide range of tasks, from the highly functional to the aesthetic”. The big buzzword in this future-fashion technology is ‘smart fabrics’, and the race has already started to see how smart they can make them. It is now possible, for instance, to have your mobile phone keypad embedded in the sleeve of your jacket – no need in the future for pockets or handbags.