Memories are made of chips.

Three programmes from a series in which a regular panel chaired by Michael Buerk considers some of the problems likely to emerge from current developments in medical science. The panel members are:- John Browning (Editor, "Wired" magazine); Susan Greenfield (Prof. of Pharmacology, Oxford University); Sheila MacLean (Prof. of Law and Ethics in Medicine, Glasgow University); Rosalind Miles (psychologist and sociologist) and Peter Stanford (Catholic journalist) Michael Marshall (author) creates dramatic scenarios of future events relevant to the subject under discussion. Memories are made of Chips. Our memories cannot cope with the flood of information released by technology; this often results in "information anxiety". But do we need all these facts? Do they aid wisdom and understanding? There is, however, a market awaiting the "memory chip". Who will benefit from it? Who will programme it? Will it depress creativity? Are we in danger of substituting technology for humanity? These are among the issues debated by the panel