Scientists predict the creation of a brain implant could help restore people's memory, although early trials on a Mr George W. Bush of Washington, USA, have proven unsuccessful.

Although they promise great things for the future the researchers say their patient is now a lost cause. He forgot basic information such as the Geneva Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, and is now dangerous and out of control.

A spokesboffin for the group maintained this early trial was important, and that they soon hoped to move on to humans.