Telepresence Via Matter Imaging

Qa32 writes "Computer scientists in the U.S. are developing a system which would allow people to convey a solid 3D recreation of themselves over the Internet. From the article: 'When you watch something created by claymation, it is a real object and it looks like it's moving itself. That's something like the idea we're doing... in our case, the idea is that you have computation in the 'clay', as though the clay can move itself.'"

Comments

This could

[Anonymous Coward]

Really change the future of net sex!

Re:This could

[RickPartin]

Any technological improvement must first benefit porn before it can take off. It's an unspoken rule. For example every single geek wishes for a holodeck for the soul purpose of holosex.

Re:This could

[tuoppi]

Producing a warm, wet, and, I guess, more importantly, orificed interactive version seems somewhat more complex and definitely beyond the realms of this lifetime....

Actually, that's already reality. This implementation is called "woman". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman for more information.

Even if woman was implemented a long time ago (some legends mention a liberal usage of spare parts from a standard nerd), the price hasn't gone down, and this product is still very rare among nerd community.

And pr0n technology moves 1 step closer

[antifoidulus]

to being the real thing sans the nagging.

Davey and Goliath

[hedley]

Don't doooo it Daaaaveeeey!!!

H.

Re:I wonder

[Seumas]

This is computational clay. Not MAGIC clay.

So...

[__aaclcg7560]

Wouldn't creating a copy of another person be a form of piracy? Yet another technology that the movie/record industry will try to eliminate. After all, why should anyone be allowed to have a personal duplicate of Michael Jackson at home.

Re:So...

[myowntrueself]

"After all, why should anyone be allowed to have a personal duplicate of Michael Jackson at home."

Maybe it could be used as a form of punishment? Something like distributed penal servitude.

Shape shifting robots

[isny]

Sounds like some strange combination of the T1000 from Terminator 2 and Gumby.

One Word: Boobies

[pipingguy]

A fellow slashdotter told me about the boob mouse a few weeks ago. Since getting two, I haven't left the house. With this new innovation, I may never move from the computer chair.

Re:Funny but Not Funny

[TheKidWho]

omg, the thoughts of demolition man style sex make me wanan find whoever is doing this research and SHOOT THEM NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!

Re:Going to take more than a printer

[dark-br]

Ok... keep Pamela Adersons "consciousness" to yourself and just give me her body ;)

Re:Funny but Not Funny

[jamesh]

I wonder what thoughts would have been conjured up in my head had I not known that 'Demolition Man' was a movie :)

Re:Hmm...

[RickPartin]

Completely consuming and destroying your hand silly. All futuristic technology has to be able to spontaneously kill people as a rule.

Bring on the Clay Dildos and Cavulators

[eno2001]

I hope these claythings are self cleaning. There's going to be lot's of Windows (exhibitionists), BSD (necropheliacs) and Linux (afraid of girls) fans wanting to get their hands on this technology. (I'm an equal opportunity offender) ;P

Naw...not that episode

[Rhinobird]

This is more like that episode where Fry gets a robot copy of Lucy Liu. we just have to insert a blank robot in the drive and copy the information over and BAM!...a robo-mation copy of Gillian Anderson.