I have to agree with the former. the mindstorm stuff is cool, but if I am reading and watching it right, the 'solution' is handled at the software level. It would be the same as the computer telling you what moves to process to solve one. Kinda like having those old chess games that would tell you where to move its pieces as you were playing it. The laptop is the solution/brain, the mindstorms are a very slick, but inherently non-intelligent interface.
The difference is the dude in the sailboat had trained his brain to generate a specific waveform through positive feedback which was then modified to handle left-right movement on the wheel on the sailboat. This is taking direct neuron firings from just above the brain, not outside the skull. Then training a computer to figure out what is controlling what. And they ended up with a 2-d test movement that worked as well.
This is quite a bit different for the future of controls of systems outside of the normal nerve set. Like say the exampled prosthetic arm. Odds are, like most science, it is related to early research.
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funny, she doesn't look gitish . . .
I have to agree with the former. the mindstorm stuff is cool, but if I am reading and watching it right, the 'solution' is handled at the software level. It would be the same as the computer telling you what moves to process to solve one. Kinda like having those old chess games that would tell you where to move its pieces as you were playing it. The laptop is the solution/brain, the mindstorms are a very slick, but inherently non-intelligent interface.
one word. Fear.
Agreed, it basically blows by our old Vic-20 -- 1.02MHz, 5KB (3.5KB user memory). Hmm, I bet that could be installed with this Linaxe .. .
I liked both of the previous related shows . . . Salvage 1 and Quark Brilliant idea, BRILLIANT!
Sounds like college . . .
The difference is the dude in the sailboat had trained his brain to generate a specific waveform through positive feedback which was then modified to handle left-right movement on the wheel on the sailboat. This is taking direct neuron firings from just above the brain, not outside the skull. Then training a computer to figure out what is controlling what. And they ended up with a 2-d test movement that worked as well. This is quite a bit different for the future of controls of systems outside of the normal nerve set. Like say the exampled prosthetic arm. Odds are, like most science, it is related to early research.
One other off-topic note, the stuff forges pretty cleanly as well. As always, depending on the alloy.