Neural Network

In the sci-fi novel,  '8113', the Neural Network, or 'the Network', is an information-sharing platform embedded into the brains of all geotomatons to allow for rapid sharing and communication of information; essentially a biological Internet connection of billions of minds. Is it powered by the ore battery operating inside each individual.

The Network replaces physical computers, books, tablets, and other information-sharing devices. All relevant knowledge is freely available via the downloading or sharing of info-bits from one individual to any others within range (such as a teacher sharing information with pupils), or from inanimate databases to an individual (such as if one visits a library in the pursuit of a particular topic of interest). Physical databases found throughout the Colonies and Mars hold massive amounts of transmittable data in the form of 'bricks' (similar to a hard drive with wireless capabilities), from which 'info-bits' can be extracted in the form of packaged digital blocks of information.

The geotomaton has control and freedom over what their personal Neural Network receives or blocks, however, there are

Info-bits are neurally transmitted via brainwaves from one to another, or from data-emitting points to individuals. Knowledge is obtained and passed on instantaneously, in a way that the receiving individual can 'read' data delivered to their brains as if recalling a memory. Advertisements on billboards can send pop-up info-bits directly into the brain,