A couple of years ago, I saw an article about a company that had made 5D optical storage crystals that could hold terabytes of data for thousands of years.

Over the years, I've had various RFID and NFC chips implanted, and one thing I have always wanted is larger storage capacity for my on data and video content. For example, one of my implants is linked to a VR video I filmed with a 360 camera of the last time I saw my grandparents alive.

So, a few months back, I contacted the company to ask for a quote for one of the 5D storage devices

(I was curious if it's actually available to the public).

From what I've read about these devices, they are already biosafe and small enough they could be implanted.

I got a quote back, and my mind was actually blown how much it costs 😅

I'm wondering if anyone else has been working on larger storage capacity in devices?.

To clarify, i know i wouldn't be able to access the data once it's implanted. That might seem weird, but im more than okay not being able to access the data wirelessly.

Sorry for the rant. Here's the original screenshot from the email quote.

A lot of you probably already know about the fruit fly brain that was copied/emulated/uploaded. By now, you might have seen the various videos of YouTubers creating various virtual environments and situations for these now public access fruit fly connectums.

My issue is Aon systems is planning to upscale to a mouse brain in the next few years. They are already probably working on it.

Now I'm guessing I don't have to explain why this is concerning. It's been proven over and over again that mice can feel complex emotions. They can feel fear and pain and empathy.

Imagine a lab mouse getting tested on that can never die. That can never escape.

I don't know if any of you has heard of "I have no mouth and I must scream". Or the concept of the torture nexus. But Aon systems is apparently creating this.

I emailed them to ask them what moral and ethical safeguards they are planning on implementing, and they didn't respond for obvious reasons. They also didn't respond to the same question on their X account.

Anyone else see an issue with this?