Moving a little further inward, there's a lot of fun chipware you could theoretically wire just into your skull. Right now we're limited to cochlear implants and a few transmitters that can move a cursor on a screen, but in the world of Cyberpunk, anything implanted is possible.

So where do we go with this? Cellphones for starters, probably. A new law recently enacted in California requires drivers to use hands-free headsets, and with everybody running around with their bluetooth nodes riding on their ears, I think it's only a matter of time before the same technology becomes subdermal, or better- connected directly to the brain. But that's just a start- think about your own mind, and all the things you'd change about it if you could. Like what? Well, how about better memory? If Microsoft or Apple made a chip that could give you a photographic memory with flawless recall, how much would you pay for it? Chips that add languages and skills might work too, and with direct access to the brain, why not make games that interface directly with the mind. Companies are already testing brain-interface controllers for video games, so what's to stop us from going the extra step and putting a virtual screen where the mind's eye is as well. Tired all the time? How about an implant that keeps you at your peak level of comfort and performance until you choose to put your body in sleep-mode? For some people, there's definitely an appeal to being able to pick and choose upgrades for one's brain in the same way we upgrade our computers- the possibilities for improvement are only limited by your imagination. You might even go to drastic levels with it- think stripping the sheathing off the myelin and re-sheathing it with something hotrod that cuts reaction time in half. Oh yeah.