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Linking Hardware To Wetware

Posted by timothy on from the moistware dept.

Vikki_R. writes: "Wired has an article about grafting a microelectric circuit directly onto a human brain cell. Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have been working on developing an interface between semiconductors and neurons. Imagine being able to give your computer a piece of your mind ..." Update: 11/25 22:54 GMT by T : Here's an earlier post linking to a different article on the same research.

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  1. So... by dimator · · Score: 2, Funny

    When can I plug in to the Matrix?

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    1. Re:So... by captin+nod · · Score: 3, Funny


      Yes, welcome to the real world.
      Imagine having your leg haxx0red by some l33t script kiddie.
      hahahaha uyore l3g has b33n haxx0red! (kick self in head)
      yay

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      Moo.
  2. Memory Upgrade! by TMLink · · Score: 1, Funny

    My friends have always said my memory stinks...now I can finally get it upgraded! ;-)

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  3. Re:Scary possibilities by AvatarADVathome · · Score: 1, Funny

    No joke. If I get a wireless head computer connection, I'm going to insist on the firewall of the gods before I go under the knife...

  4. That's terrifying by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 0, Funny
    "RAM and human memory have always inhabited entirely separate worlds, but the boundary between them is now blurring. Hardware and wetware may have more in common than you think."

    Oh dear, I hope it won't run Windows, people would fall into a coma every 2 days ...

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  5. Sun will have to update Java license by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 3, Funny
    It looks like Sun will have to ammend those disclaimers in the Java license:

    This software may not be used to control aircraft, nuclear power plants, or anybody's mind.

  6. Re:Scary possibilities by passion · · Score: 3, Funny

    I also think about how this will be abused - IM and 'wireless' ads are two that come to mind.

    Think the phone companies will go for this? No way, unless they require you to send all your messages through their filter servers... then the FBI can carnivore your mind, and make sure that you don't commit any "thought-crimes", or maybe my fiancee will just kick me in the nuts everytime I walk past another beautiful woman.

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  7. Re:Upgrades? by spudgun · · Score: 2, Funny

    Overclock !?!

    where do you put the cooling fan ?

    Propeller Head takes on a whole new Meaning .....

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  8. Wrong way round. by Lerc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine being able to give your computer a piece of your mind

    Imagine being able to give your mind a piece of of your computer.

    Read "The Peace War" - Vernor Vinge
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    -- That which does not kill us has made its last mistake.