Topics for thought

I was fascinated by this video (in fact, I am addicted to the whole series of various stories), but thought I would post a link to this one in particular.

Here is a man who has unlocked either a new way to do mathmatics or has reprogrammed his brain to act as an ALU. When can we get an auxillary ALU attached to our cortex or attached a storage and storage device to our brains for storing and recalling information?