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Brain-Implanted Chips Allow Control of Technology
Nilchii writes "The Guardian has an article about implanting electrodes in the brain, allowing paralyzed people to control various software-integrated devices, such as the cursor on a computer and the channel and volume of his television. From the article: 'The experiment took place a few months ago as part of a broader trial into what are known in the business as brain-computer interfaces. Although it is early days, aficionados of the technology see a world where brain implants return ability to those with disability, allowing them to control all manner of devices by thought alone.'" The BBC has coverage of this as well, and we've mentioned this research before.
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It's all well and good until the Blue Screen and you can't move your arms
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They have them now, the transmitter is located in most people's living room...
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When I first read the headline I thought to myself "Man, this DRM crap is really getting out of hand..."
Choose yer poison: Prophets or Profits
Now you'll be able to get hacked and become part of some script kiddies zombie network yelling spam at everyone you walk past.
Probably a long long time...
For example, my brain controls my left index finger with astonishing precision, but how long will it be for my finger to start controlling my thoughts?
(valid response: As soon as you put it in a garbage disposal)
In Soviet Russia, technology controls you!
- "Nobody came out that night, not one was ever seen. But Old Man Stauf is waiting there, crazy sick and mean!"
Naw. I couldn't bother to read the article either.
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Didn't you know? The government has been controlling people via ray-guns since at least the fifties! How else do you think they kept Roswell hidden?
*puts on tinfoil hat*
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Could YOU run Linux?? Or would Linux be running you???
Imagine a Beowolf cluster of people???
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Are you, by any chance, from Soviet Russia?
Slow down, cowboy! It has been 4 hours since you last posted. You must wait another few hours.
I'm waiting for the day my Playstation orders a mod chip for me...
...and I haven't experienced any adverse effects.
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Exactly what I was thinking. I want a 3rd (and possibly 4th) arm. THAT would be cool. Especially if one had a laer on it! Come to think of it, I could use it to control a shark - with a laser on it's head!
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But, on a more practical side... This process is obviously far from perfect. If the whole thing went crazy, the worst thing would be having your TV stuck on the spanish channel at full blast
On the other hand, with a robot arm, some serious bodily injury could occur. Even a weak arm could have enough strength to poke your eye out. If somebody was using their fancy arm to slice a tomato, one slip could prove fatal.
Still, I suspect that this will be eventually done if this technique works. But it will take time, lots of legal waivers, and a lot of insurance.
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Great idea, at least until the people receiving the implants start shouting EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! and try to kill large groups of people by photographic over-exposure.
To qualify you must have a healthy, unused, expendable brain.
Applicant: Well, I'm an avid slashdot reader...
Interviewer: Yes, you'll do nicely. To report a bug, just twich randomly and piss yourself.
I don't want the instruments anywhere near my brain after the surgeon thinks about what an ass his boss is.
Can I think "control-c" instead of "copy?"
...completing my sentences! ...me crazy!
How about auto-completing my thoughts?
Me: Computer, stop comp...
Computer:
Me: You're driving...
Computer:
Me: control-alt-delete!
Computer: atl-F4
Me: control-alt-delete!
Computer: atl-F4
Me: Why you little...
Computer: Yes, Dave?
With her brain stem still intact, the computer would act randomly to reflexes, and sometime during the 15 years, would probably open Word or at least notepad.
Then, we just wait to see the string "iwanttolive" or "iwanttodie" or something meaningful to appear. ("hi" at the very least would be likely to appear during the first 1352=26*26*2 letters entered randomly (ignoring other characters).
Being a geek, I will of course get the implant. Though I know it will just be a matter of time before some 12 year old Brazilian kid hacks my head and I'm walking around shouting "GoldenPalace.com" like I have Tourette's syndrome.
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The other day I was thinking of this sort of thing in the context of having a huge storage unit connected to your eyes, ears, brain, etc. So that everything you see, hear and think(?) would be recorded for later review if you so choose.
Then I was thinking what the MPAA would do to you if you went into a movie theater.
Shaky Cam indeed!