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Altered Carbon

Altered Carbon

TV Series
2018
Creator: Laeta Kalogridis
Country: USA

Centers on mind uploading, digital immortality, and body swapping.

Connected Technologies

Software
Software
Digital Neuro-Twins

Cortical stacks store a person's consciousness, allowing them to be 'rescaled' into new bodies.

TRL
3/9
Hardware
Hardware
Biofabricated Collagen Fibers for Textile Production

Sleeves are synthetic bodies grown to host human consciousness, effectively making physical form a commodity.

TRL
4/9

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