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12/20/2011 07:22:32 AM · #1 |
//www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397807,00.asp
3. Mind Reading Is No Longer Science Fiction
Pretty soon, we won't ever have to move. Just lie on your couch and think about calling someone or ordering a pizza and it will just happen. IBM has higher-minded notions of what mind-reading technology can do, of course, like studying autism. But like IBM's "Just Think" logo, the company predicted the ability to link your device to your thoughts, which could either be very cool or very scary.
Okay, so if IBM is right, then the images in my "mind's eye" should be suitable for sharing (PG only of course). Can I submit them to DPC for competitions? Will multidimensional ultra high resolution be permitted blowing open the file size restrictions? Or, in my case, one dimension, low rez stuff...
Is the camera obsolete? Will my mental images get grey and fade as I do?
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12/20/2011 07:27:42 AM · #2 |
| bogus. im still waiting for my flying car. |
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12/20/2011 08:37:22 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by Morgan:
Can I submit them to DPC for competitions? |
as long as you got the exif data |
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12/20/2011 08:49:14 AM · #4 |
| Sadly IBM didn't actually say this if you watch the video :). Their 'mind reading' is just an advancement on the already existent 'mind reading' technology. There's then speculation about the further possibilities of it "many years in the future". |
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12/20/2011 10:22:45 AM · #5 |
look deep into my eyes while I suck up all of your knowledge...
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12/20/2011 10:25:41 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
bogus. im still waiting for my flying car. |
They are taking deposits...
R.
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12/20/2011 11:06:25 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
bogus. im still waiting for my flying car. |
Yeah and where is my personal jetpack? I want it and I want it now.... been promised that since - what? - 50's??
The way some people drive it's a good thing neither have come to be..... |
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12/20/2011 12:30:26 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
bogus. im still waiting for my flying car. |
You red my mind :-| |
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12/20/2011 12:37:02 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by robs:
Yeah and where is my personal jetpack? I want it and I want it now.... been promised that since - what? - 50's??
The way some people drive it's a good thing neither have come to be..... |
It's right here |
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12/20/2011 01:02:31 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by mike_311:
bogus. im still waiting for my flying car. |
They are taking deposits...
R. |
Very clever... made me wanting one, as they have a very aggressive marketing pitching too.
Here are some I found really amusing:
- Become a Sport Pilot in as little as 20 hours of flight time - Really???
- Drive in case of inclement weather
- Full vehicle parachute available - another interesting option when the weather is inclement
- Automotive-style entry and exit
- No trailer or hangar needed
- Carry-on luggage
- Cargo area holds golf clubs golf clubs
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12/20/2011 01:18:06 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by HawkinsT:
Sadly IBM didn't actually say this if you watch the video :). Their 'mind reading' is just an advancement on the already existent 'mind reading' technology. There's then speculation about the further possibilities of it "many years in the future". |
There are two recent advances having to do with new ways of communicating with the brain.
The ability to use brain waves to control a robot arm (and other devices) is progressing rapidly. If a monkey can pick up and peel a banana just by thinking about it I imagine humans will be able to do so too.
There's also been a recent breakthrough in recording and implanting memories, at least in mice. Briefly, they had a mouse learn a task while recording it's brain activity. They then chemically "erased" the memory so the mouse could no longer perform the task it had learned. They then played-back the recording of brain activity into the mouse and it was immediately again able to perform the task.
And while there isn't too much research on recording the images as seen by human eyes, they are getting very close to having effective artificial eyes -- cameras which produce images directly in the visual cortex. |
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12/20/2011 05:33:16 PM · #12 |
I hate to break the news to you folks... but I know for a fact that  Beetle already has that ability.... Then again she might be the only one. :O)
Ray |
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12/20/2011 08:54:48 PM · #13 |
I am a pilot and like 600,000 other pilots I went to Oshkosh to the AirVenture Aviation extravaganza this past July. There, I saw the flying car and even saw an older version land and taxi to the display area. So, they do exist, three different vendors where showing their products and enticing new buyers.
Originally posted by gg3rd:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by mike_311:
bogus. im still waiting for my flying car. |
They are taking deposits...
R. |
Very clever... made me wanting one, as they have a very aggressive marketing pitching too.
Here are some I found really amusing:
- Become a Sport Pilot in as little as 20 hours of flight time - Really???
- Drive in case of inclement weather
- Full vehicle parachute available - another interesting option when the weather is inclement
- Automotive-style entry and exit
- No trailer or hangar needed
- Carry-on luggage
- Cargo area holds golf clubs golf clubs |
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12/20/2011 10:33:03 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
There's also been a recent breakthrough in recording and implanting memories, at least in mice. Briefly, they had a mouse learn a task while recording it's brain activity. They then chemically "erased" the memory so the mouse could no longer perform the task it had learned. They then played-back the recording of brain activity into the mouse and it was immediately again able to perform the task. |
Was that task part of an operational program or jiu jitsu? |
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12/20/2011 11:46:56 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
There's also been a recent breakthrough in recording and implanting memories, at least in mice. Briefly, they had a mouse learn a task while recording it's brain activity. They then chemically "erased" the memory so the mouse could no longer perform the task it had learned. They then played-back the recording of brain activity into the mouse and it was immediately again able to perform the task. |
Was that task part of an operational program or jiu jitsu? |
Don't know, and I can't quite remember on which radio show I heard about it so I can find the original source ... the story was a summary of what I think was something relatively recently published in a scientific journal. |
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