Neural connector

Neural connectors are the primary 'first world' way for people to connect to the internet. They're lightweight gadgets that attach with minimal discomfort to one of your temples and electromagnetically interact with your brain.

Needless to say, some people are freaked out by this, and prefer either pod connections, which are full-body tanks you submerge yourself into that tries to simulate your senses externally, or headsets (though headsets will always be considered an indicator that you're way, way too poor for anything else, even if you cite a 'neural connector phobia').

Both pod connectors and neural connectors, despite vastly different way of functioning, are also called neural terminals colloquially.

There are a few people's brains who are resistant to neural connectors (i.e. that reject the current technology like they would a third arm), though, which is why there is, in fact, research into a more direct connection, such as the research done by Paul DeSanto.

Companies

• Neural connectors
  • Aeonis
  • Solomon Inc
• Pod connectors
  • Cradleworks
  • Instrumental Pods
  • Kasarai Net Works
• Headset
  • OCP (mainstream)
  • Stark (upper price bracket, professional)

See also

• Mind Crash, Chad Butler's August 2054 movie criticising pod and neural connector safety (chiefly based on statistics of former).