Since reading Otherland a few years back (Tad Williams), I have been very curious about new advances in the neurobiological fields. While Williams was not the first to come up with these kind of ideas, he had definitly changed the path i have chosen for univerity study.
Does anyone recall the experiment that implanted electrodes in the brains of chimps, and they where able to play pong just using thought?
I think that, more than ever before, in the next decade, some of the most life changing science for people with disibilities is going to emerge. not just from the pure medical (and social) reasons - helping the blind, motor disabled... -, i think people soon will want and have the ability to plug into the net and be _completly_ imersed in the virtual enviroment.
I know this sounds terribly geeky, and anti social, but just imagine what the combination of all these technologies may do, one day, for paraplegic patients, who have very little, or no ability to comunicate with the outside world.
For example, "adroit" in English means capable, but in French, it is the word for "right;"
Not exactly, it is closer in meaning to agile. however, the word simply doesn't exist in english.
but this is still a very valid point.
In the UK, I'm already getting 5 calls a day, including W/Ends, and the most popular time is around 7-8 O'clock. And I'm not mentioning the number of times the phone goes dead when getting near to the receiver (Using the AutoDial2000, calling 10 people, and using the line that gets picked up first?)
And, this hasn't seamed to have been picked up by the press over hear!
75% of all these calls are recorded, however I find it much easier to hang up on a tape recorder than some poor folk in India!
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Since reading Otherland a few years back (Tad Williams), I have been very curious about new advances in the neurobiological fields. While Williams was not the first to come up with these kind of ideas, he had definitly changed the path i have chosen for univerity study.
... -, i think people soon will want and have the ability to plug into the net and be _completly_ imersed in the virtual enviroment.
Does anyone recall the experiment that implanted electrodes in the brains of chimps, and they where able to play pong just using thought?
I think that, more than ever before, in the next decade, some of the most life changing science for people with disibilities is going to emerge. not just from the pure medical (and social) reasons - helping the blind, motor disabled
I know this sounds terribly geeky, and anti social, but just imagine what the combination of all these technologies may do, one day, for paraplegic patients, who have very little, or no ability to comunicate with the outside world.
For example, "adroit" in English means capable, but in French, it is the word for "right;" Not exactly, it is closer in meaning to agile. however, the word simply doesn't exist in english. but this is still a very valid point.
ok, thanks for that! i just found it, looks good, just hope it does what is says on the tin. -Tim
In the UK, I'm already getting 5 calls a day, including W/Ends, and the most popular time is around 7-8 O'clock. And I'm not mentioning the number of times the phone goes dead when getting near to the receiver (Using the AutoDial2000, calling 10 people, and using the line that gets picked up first?) And, this hasn't seamed to have been picked up by the press over hear! 75% of all these calls are recorded, however I find it much easier to hang up on a tape recorder than some poor folk in India!