“Or here’s another scenariofor anyone who‘d like to escape the constrictions of dull old human biology: a futuristic robot surgeon peels away the brain of a conscious patient, using sensors to analyze and simulate the function of every neuron in each slice. As Moravec puts it, ‘Eventually your skull is empty, and the surgeon’s hand rests deep in your brain stem. Though you haven’’t lost consciousness, your mind has been removed from the brain and transferred to a machine. “

http://rossbender.org  <--Interesting website