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Bionic Hands to Become a Reality Soon?
Spy der Mann writes "A highly dexterous, bio-inspired artificial hand and sensory system that could provide patients with active feeling, is being developed by a European project called cyberhand. The final prototype includes sensors for tension, force, joint angle, end stroke and contact."
Steve Austin, Luke Skywalker, and Darth Vader all sue for patent infringement.
It'll be great if the sensors on these bionic hands can be switched on and off at the user's will.
This way, the users can grab burning lottery ticket out of a fire place.
Rock that crushes, Paper & Scissors that don't matter.
Sooooo...what kind of stroking can be done with these new "bionic" hands?
What day is it? Could you please tell me?
Finally, a return to two-handed typing...
Next time you're out and about and some guy named Biff smacks you with a bionic arm implant, don't say Sarlos didn't warn you.
Government's view of the economy: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving,regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it.
Just make a mouse or a keyboard... I'd trade a hand for a direct link to a computer.
\u262D = \u5350
"You're on in 5...4...3..."
Rule #1 -- Politics always trumps technology.
From the website:
The final prototype includes sensors for tension, force, joint angle, end stroke and contact."
bwa hahahahhaah
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
Uh oh, we all know what this means: the LARPers can start in on Cyberpunk and Shadowrun.
It's sad when choosing an installation directory on your own qualifies you as an "advanced user."
if( hand.Contents() ~= tubular && hand.Contents() == flesh) /10;
{
strength = strength
}
does it run linux? can it play ogg?
"Wow, it really DOES feel like a stranger!"
Yeah but does it run linux?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!
In Soviet Russia, hand grabs you!
Hey, I'm a bionic man you insensitive clod!
Garth: You didn't say 2 or 1.
Producer: Oh. You don't say 2 or 1.
Garth: Why not?
Producer: You just don't. Mmm-kay?
if( hand.Contents() ~= tubular && hand.Contents() == flesh) /11;
{
strength = strength
}
"Rocky Rococo, at your cervix!"
I'd give my right arm for something like that!
Unexpect the expected!
If you watch Dr. Strangelove , I believe you'll get a pretty good picture of what happens during a BSOD. You don't need the whole movie, just the scenes in the War Room as Dr. Strangelove describes the Doomsday Device.
As for what a Borg BSOD looks like, I haven't the foggiest. If we're lucky, it'll be like a Greatful Dead Concert (lots of people staring and going "oh wow"), but without the scent of Patchouli oil in the air.
the more accurate the calculations became, the more the concepts tended to vanish into thin air. R. S. Mulliken
We already have zoom. It involves moving either your eye closer to the object or the object closer to your eye. Try it. It's amazing!
Wow, you're right, it works! I even came up with a way to automate it, just install rails on the sides of your head and put the object on them, with the help of a electric motor zooming in and out can be as easy as breathing! It gets a bit difficult when you want to zoom at an object far away though, when I installed longer rails I wasn't able to turn my head any more! But I think I have it sorted out now by using a tripod to support my head. Now I just need to file for a patent, now where did I put that form again...
Obligatory Red Dwarf quote?
(from memory)
Kryten (as human): "I can't seem to activate my 'zoom' function. How can I bring a distant object into sharp focus?"
Lister: "Uh. You just move your head closer to the object."
Kryten: "What about other optical effects? Slow-motion? Split-screen? Quantel?"
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