Soong Foundation

The Soong Foundation was an organization within the United Federation of Planets. It was a group that was affiliated with the Daystrom Institute and was dedicated with the promotion of the rights of artificial lifeforms.

In 2383, the Foundation begin research on the Mobile holographic emitter in order to create a design of their own for use by civilians. A year later, Starfleet agreed to transfer the Soong-type android B-4 to the Soong Foundation. The machine had been deactivated after its discovery by the USS Enterprise in 2379 but the Foundation had hoped to restore its positronic functions.