Photographic Memory Pill

Spanish scientists announced last year they discovered a chemical that vastly enhanced visual memory in rats.  The discovery wasn't planned; they were studying something else.  The chemical itself doesn't store memories, it instead gives a little tweak to a part of the brain that already exists.  Should it work in humans, it means a pill will temporarily grant us photographic memory.


Just as fuel injection adds power to an engine, it appears we will soon be able to tweak ourselves for better performance.  Maybe we could find a way to activate at will that 'slowed time' perception we sometimes get in a crisis or hyperactivate our immune system in the face of dangerous infections.


The rapid advance of artificial muscles is noteworthy, too.  Artificial muscles that are controlled by the users nerves will revolutionize limb replacement prosthetics.  Once developed, those same artificial muscles could make up a wearable suit to increase human strength.  


Such Enhancement Prosthetics (EPs) will probably not be limited to strength, either.  Techonologies to bring sight to the blind and sound to the deaf will spill over to consumers.  Intra-ear EPs will both protect and boost hearing while EP eye implants will add digital precision, zoom, and night vision to our daily life.  'Superhuman' could become normal.


Just please don't let spandex and capes come into fashion.