Theyve finally done it...

Flame · August 10, 2009, 01:52:48 AM

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5228109n&tag=related;photovideo

God... So many movies and stuff Ive read is suddenly seeming so possible.

Automail anyone?

Night · August 10, 2009, 02:01:21 AM

Think maybe you could control a whole robot with some kind of kinetic link some day?

Gaia · August 10, 2009, 02:03:30 AM

I'd say.. but I never fully got to watch the video because it was cut-off half way through the 60-minute video.. but it's really impressive how a person like him to fight for his own wellness, looks like he achived it.. so far.

Now that gives us a question.. what does a chicken really think, when you put the cap on it..?

Police Girl · August 10, 2009, 02:38:19 AM

Quote from: Night on August 10, 2009, 02:01:21 AM
Think maybe you could control a whole robot with some kind of kinetic link some day?

This made me think of Evangelion...

Night · August 10, 2009, 02:40:03 AM

Flame · August 10, 2009, 07:25:00 AM

It cant read minds... It reads the brainwaves... though personally, Id find that it might be easier for them to try and make a mechanical arm that can interpret the electrical signals made by the nervous system. It would be a simpler system that having a chip implanted in your brain that has to be connected through a port on your head. this way, its just like an artificial nervous system interpretation. it interprets the electrical signal, and the corresponding part moves accordingly.

But thats just me.

RMX · August 10, 2009, 10:55:05 AM

It's about time. We're really staying behind in the science fiction schedule. It's already 2009 and we have no space colonies, no alien lifeforms discovered, no racism against robots, no suicide booths. What the hell.

Ramzal · August 10, 2009, 04:15:43 PM

I'm glad this has finally been brought to public attention. I am a firm believer in science and that it's used to help people. Something like this can lead to many doors.

Night · August 10, 2009, 07:34:29 PM

Quote from: RMX on August 10, 2009, 10:55:05 AM
It's about time. We're really staying behind in the science fiction schedule. It's already 2009 and we have no space colonies, no alien lifeforms discovered, no racism against robots, no suicide booths. What the hell.

Yeah, I was pissed off about the suicide booths too...

Nekomata · August 10, 2009, 07:47:25 PM

just one step closer for the machines to control us..

Acid · August 10, 2009, 07:56:57 PM

And those robots will run on Google Chrome OS.

Flame · August 10, 2009, 08:35:56 PM

Quote from: RMX on August 10, 2009, 10:55:05 AM
no space colonies, no suicide booths. What the hell.

haha, Youve read that story which name escapes me.
Also, we DO have that International Space station... with astronauts living there... Id say that's "getting there"
Im more surprised we haven't sent astronauts up to mars yet.

Quote from: Nekomata on August 10, 2009, 07:47:25 PM
just one step closer for the machines to control us..

You mean we're not there already?
We are controlled by our electronics. Ho many people have I heard saying "I couldnt live without my sidekick/Phone/whatever!"
Or people saying they would die without Cable or AC.

Quote from: Acid on August 10, 2009, 07:56:57 PM
And those robots will run on Google Chrome OS.

Aw hell no... D:

Gaia · August 10, 2009, 08:43:04 PM

Quote from: RMX on August 10, 2009, 10:55:05 AM
no racism against robots.

I do belive they are still in the works, there has yet to be a prototype that we can all agree on and hope they go berserk and learn about "civil rights". :/

Waifu · August 13, 2009, 11:12:37 PM

Where are my Evas?

Crimson Lightning · August 13, 2009, 11:29:36 PM

this kinda like the way Stephen Hawking speaks imo

and the way that one woman drove the wheelchair...

what an age we live in

Flame · August 14, 2009, 12:09:08 AM

Indeed.

Protoman Blues · August 16, 2009, 04:33:22 PM

...I should probably go find John Connor...

Sub Tank · August 16, 2009, 04:38:56 PM

I can't wait to be able to navigate the Internet without any hands.

That's means twice the attention for my genitals.

Acid · August 16, 2009, 04:41:50 PM

And with advancing genetics and surgery you will soon have multiple genitals and a pair of boobs.

Flame · August 16, 2009, 04:54:09 PM

now THAT, would be awesome.

Protoman Blues · August 16, 2009, 05:01:27 PM

Quote from: Sub Tank on August 16, 2009, 04:38:56 PM
I can't wait to be able to navigate the Internet without any hands.

That's means twice the attention for my genitals.

Personally, I think they'll perfect the handless genital massager before they do Skynet. Porn Tech is coming along nicely.

Police Girl · August 16, 2009, 11:29:10 PM

Quote from: Acid on August 16, 2009, 04:41:50 PM
with advancing genetics and surgery

That made an Idea pop into my head...

Flame · August 16, 2009, 11:29:51 PM

Do tell~

Police Girl · August 16, 2009, 11:36:11 PM

Easy, Idea is to make my own Kallen...

. Should be easier as time goes on...

Hypershell · August 16, 2009, 11:49:58 PM

Quote from: RMX on August 10, 2009, 10:55:05 AM
It's about time. We're really staying behind in the science fiction schedule. It's already 2009 and we have no space colonies, no alien lifeforms discovered, no racism against robots, no suicide booths. What the hell.

To hell with the future, it's the time-travel-screwed past I'm concerned with. I want my frikkin' hover-steam engine.

IIRC the whole brain-implant-to-control-a-computer-pointer thing was done before. But robotic arms and a slip-on cap to pick letters, that's new to me.

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