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Mind-Controlled Wheelchair
carnun writes "New Scientist is reporting on the design of a new skull cap control mechanism that could lead to the supplanting of implanted electrodes for controlling wheel chairs. The new non-invasive method has been used to control a simple wheeled robots and could have lots of psychological benefits for quadruplegics."
timmah. Timmah!
All things in moderation; including moderation
"Stop" might be a useful upgrade.
... you don't drink and drive!
"In our tactical decisions, we are operating contrary to our strategic interest."
Why don't people work on making more of Stephen Hawking's exoskeleton?
Accountability on the heads of the powerful.
Power in the hands of the accountable.
men thinking of sex every xx minutes
Actually, it's every 7 seconds, on average.
In the novel that the movie was based on, the Firefox was developed from a project to create a mind-controllable wheelchair. So how long before we get jet fighters we can control with our minds?
:-}
Then it can advance to jet fighters that transform and can only be controlled by mind-control and a giant mega-fortress with a really annoying J-Pop singer.
THEN, we can have giant Evangellion robot warriors that you synch with that has a 1 in 10 chance of killing you (or driving you insane) just in time for the Second Impact!!
*Phew*
I think I'll go lie down now...
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No, no, no!!!
...
Like it's not dangerous enough on the roads with the crazy people talking on their cell phones, shaving or putting on makeup, yelling at the kids in the back seats, etc. (often all these at the same time). You can just imagine what could happen.
*A soccer mom with three kids in the backseat is talking on her ultra-new cell phone.*
"Yeah, Cindy, you take a left on..." *30-ton SUV drifts to the left lane nearly taking out a person next to her.*
"... Killdeer Street, then a right..." *The SUV swerves back into its original lane, just missing the car that is trying to get around her.*
"... on Center Court. We're the third house on the left." *Once again, the SUV swerves left, this time, thankfully, missing everyone.*
"Yeah, and then-- will you kids shut up and stop..." *The SUV slams on the brakes, nearly causing a five-car pileup behind them. She continues on as if nothing has happened.*
"... fighting! Otherwise I'll have to turn this car around..." *The SUV begins turning to the left, moving precariously close to the dividing, concrete median. Once again, since the command is short-lived, it stops just in time.*
"... and take us back home! Sorry about that, Cindy. What were we talking about again?"
Okay, maybe I'm a pessimist. *laughs.*
-Jellisky
I'm sorry, what were you saying? I was busy thinking about that woman I met at the gym today...
or is it once for "no," and twice for "yes?).
:)
Don't worry. I'm sure it's one of the two. You could always ask it "is it twice for yes?" and it'll blink twice.
There are only two things in this world that smell like fish. And one of them's fish...
when the user dreams they are moving? Similar neural areas may become active, and thus activate the wheelchair. If so, could an add-on be used to detect REM activity and incapacitate the device when the user is sleeping?
Well, as far as Sig's go, Freud was a doozy.
Getting a hig quality EEG from a moving person who is presumably travelling over uneven ground sounds like it might be a touch difficult. Are there other brain visualization techniques that are small and portable and are associated with phenomenon that people can consciously control? I'm not a neurologist. Anyone have any ideas?
I guess this is the first step to making a real cyborg.
I think of Australian beer every seven seconds.
Fun IIRCAFAIKIANAL Fact: I live in an apartment above an "Australian" bar in Calgary, AB.
I really should check it out. I'd rather a Mexican bar, but what can you do?
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.