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Information: the lifeblood of modern (and likely future) civilization. It can be stored in analog form, in digital form, or in organic form, on an organic or even biological matrix. When the latter is used, it's frequently depicted as persons smuggling information in a biomolecular format (amino acids, for example, seem to be a common matrix for this type of information storage). Related to (real world theories of) organic and biomolecular computing. It's an emergent technology in Real Life, but it's been played straight in Speculative Fiction at least since the early nineties, and probably before that. It's present in Cyberpunk and Bio Punk, but also pops up in other subgenres of Speculative Fiction like Space Opera, usually for the purpose of espionage, or as a message from an ancient race of Precursors to descendants. It's a given when dealing with Organic Technology, and Wetware CPUs. A retroviral encoding vector is another significant variation. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })This does not cover the opposite, where information about a biological organism is recorded by digital computers or otherwise non-organic devices. That's a separate trope. Also does not cover inorganic storage system implants, for example in Johnny Mnemonic. A silicon memory chip in the brain is not an example of this trope, but a port implant that allows Neural Implanting from computer to brain or brain to brain would count: it all depends on the storage medium. See also Genetic Memory, for which this is sometimes given as a Hand Wave. A staple of Cyberpunk and Bio Punk, but as mentioned, common in other genres such as Space Opera. |
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