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Think And Click
cecil36 writes: "Yahoo! has reported that scientists have discovered neural technology that allowed a monkey to control a mouse cursor using the brain. ... Further reading states that this technology can be used with the paralyzed or those with Lou Gehrig's Disease to allow them to use their computers."
Better than an optical mouse, it's...a cognitive mouse?
Technical Writer?
...does that mean we're now going to have to design computers that are easy enough for a monkey to use?
The new distribution's name could be: Mandrill Linux 8.2 (also known as Red Butt Linux...)
Hmmm...I guess those Ximian guys have been on to this for a while...
Reminder: find a new sig
And for some reason, we kept getting all these different screenplays...something called "Hamlet", and another called "Othello"...
That and complaints about having wires jammed in its brain...
...but it's being eaten...by some...Linux or something...
Is that I will no longer be beatable in any FPS game. My mental aim is flawless. You are all dead.
I do not respond to cowards. Especially anonymous ones.
Wouldn't it be embarrassing to find your computer downloading pr0n everytime one of those Herbal Essences commercials comes on the TV?
Shockwave Flash movies are the greatest thing to happen to non-sequitur humor since Japan.
...scientists have discovered neural technology that allowed a monkey to control a mouse cursor...
That's right. AOL 7.0 is all new, and easier than ever!
do not read this line twice.
Good to see Katz is taking Dubya up on his volunteerism agenda and making himself available as a research subject.
Stevis, frustrated at his local scientific communication
We've got two lives, one we're given, and the other one we make. --Mary Chapin Carpenter
This will allow me to keep both hands free while I surf for porn.
Hammer of Truth
Getting the monkey to understand where you want to move the mouse.
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"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Alright now all we need a plane you could fly this way :)
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Seriously think of the plethora of military applications, Im sure they are. I wonder how much room for error or lingering thoughts there is .
Its esay , sometimes to think about something and not pysically execute that movement. WHAT HAPPENS when you JUST THINK and it happens, I could think of all kinds of scenarios this would be MUY bad, remember the end of the first ghostbusters movie
Typing in this manner or "mousing" would be pretty cool if they could come up with a completley exeternal device, having wires sewn into my brain sac dont sound like much fun. Hopefully this is a firt step in 2 way electronic to neural communication links, think about what a computer could teach a person who was say paralyzed, analyze neural paths and make calculated reccomndations for rerouting directly to the brain, that was your movement would be through EXISTING undamaged pathways, then again a glitch in the software might make you wet your pants every time you try to scratch you foot but hey its progress
Sig went tro...aahemmm.....fishing........
``In fact,'' she said, ``we found that he became quite reluctant to move his arm to the reach command once the cursor was introduced into the game. Apparently it was easier just to think about reaching.''
Wow, this is good news not just for the handicapped but also for those of us who are just plain lazy. Often times I find myself _thinking_ of doing things but never actually _doing_ them.
I Heart Sorting Networks
Well, it wouldn't be hands-free, just no hands working the computer....
Sorry, couldn't resist that one
-Space for rent
US Patent #5,960,412 : One-Thought-Shopping:
A method and system for placing an order to purchase an item via the Internet. The order is placed by a purchaser at a client brain and received by a server system. The server system receives purchaser information including identification of the purchaser, payment information, and shipment information from the client brain. The server system then assigns a client identifier to the client brain and associates the assigned client identifier with the received purchaser information. The server system sends to the client system the assigned client identifier and an HTML document identifying the item and including an order button. The client brain receives and stores the assigned client identifier and receives and displays the HTML document. In response to the selection of the order button, the client brain sends to the server system a request to purchase the identified item. The server system receives the request and combines the purchaser information associated with the client identifier of the client brain to generate an order to purchase the item in accordance with the billing and shipment information whereby the purchaser effects the ordering of the product by selection of the order button.
Keyloggers are a thing of the past now! Now the big bad men in suits can just sit outside your apartment and scan your brainwaves to detect all your pr0n and warez passwords! Just think! Or...erm...don't!
"Mod, mod, mod...and another troll bites the dust."
I think we should be more worried about the possibility of him kicking our butts at CS.
I'll Sig you!
Great, here we go, next thing you know our decendants will be ruled by super monkeys.
Let me say it now 'Get your filthy paws off me you damned dirty clicking ape'.
Borg monkeys will be the bane of organ grinders everywhere.
Regards,
I am me...I think
The details:
First the monkey was tricked into installing "Comet Cursor." Then, after the 17th X10 popup ad, he finally just began hurling feces at the monitor. Fortunately, Matthew Broderick came along and rescued him.
"...or those with Lou Gehrig's Disease to allow them to use their computers."
whoa....the mighty stephen hawking (already a "fucking quake master") with implants...step back.
...You say, "impressive", I already know it,
I'm a hardcore player and I'm not afraid to show it.
I got a Phd in pain and a masters in disaster,
the mighty Stephen Hawking is a fucking QuakeMaster...
every good
Great! I await the day when some anarchist hacker decides to hack into my headspace and post messages about evil corporate conglomerates!
Excellent! I can't wait until my brain is subpoenaed by law enforcement because I've supposedly hidden warez files in my left temporal lobe:
"We're gonna have to confiscate your brain."
"Do I get a replacement brain?"
"No."
"Uh, you do know that the human body can't FUNCTION with a BRAIN, don't you?"
"Not my problem, criminal."
"I haven't been convicted yet."
"You will be. You will be."
This just gets worse and worse. First, Ashkrofft and Busche, and now this? I was gonna be funny and now I'm just scared.
I'm gonna go hide under a rock for a while.
To celebrate the occasion of my 1000th post, I will post no more forever on Slashdot. Goodbye.
I want it...I must have these implants. I must have them for one reason and one reason only... the most important reason of all!
So I can say
"It is by will alone that I set my cursor in motion"
-Steve
"I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
Just wait until someone discovers that by displaying a shocking image, they can trigger the click.
Some poor schmuck triggers the wrong thing, gets trapped in the pr0n maze and ends up in the hospital with 'schizoid forced feedback syndrome'.
After the various lawsuits work their way through the system...
Someone else will come out with 'web blinders' for the safe calm web experience. No one should surf without them, or Peace of mind is a precious thing, preserving it with Web Blinders is the easiest most effective investment toward your future sanity you can make today.
Blogging because I can...
technology that allowed a monkey to control a mouse
You mean even G.W. Bush will be able to use a computer...
Opus: the Swiss army knife of audio codec
But its easy!
1. Teach the monkeys how to play the game using their arms.
2. Cut off their arms.
Adversive
My cat's breath smells like cat food.