There are people who have traumatic brain injuries who could benefit from this research not in a distant possible future but right now. Some people alive today have only limited and fractured access to their memories. Better external memory capture and retrieval might be of value to them. I do not suggest ignoring one group in favor of the other, but suggest applying these ideas now will improve their application later.

My first thoughts on any technology are 'how can this be of use to the disabled, and in search & rescue?' If it can of use to either or both, the benefits often roll out to general use. In this case, all the way to a future 1:1 model of myself.