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💬General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: dhouston on January 24, 2016, 07:09:29 AM
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Couch potatoes need never again leave the couch.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/23/the-army-wants-to-put-this-in-your-brain.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/01/23/the-army-wants-to-put-this-in-your-brain.html)
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I think Google will beat the Pentagon to the implants.
Bill (of BVC fame) and I have both invested in and played around with "Brainwave Toys (http://neurosky.com/2015/09/brainwave-toys-harness-your-minds-power-for-fun/)" (not those). They do work! Although the toys do require a properly placed/worn headset. And the electronics do seem best suited for linier selections... but very useable... potentially.
I still think voice controlled (command) technology still has a lot to exploit. I think an AI interface that could learn habits and schedules might be the ultimate. I have programed "voice reminders" into my HA setup. Little things... like if the garage door is left open a voice reminds us that the door is open. And the computer also reminds us to take trash barrels to the curb... etc. AI could figure out... what we might need reminded of.
Now with a new iOS Siri update.... I can text or call my wife (or anyone) from across the room... using the command "Hey Siri". Virtual companions are very close to a reality.
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Bill (of BVC fame) and I have both invested in and played around with "Brainwave Toys (http://neurosky.com/2015/09/brainwave-toys-harness-your-minds-power-for-fun/)" (not those). They do work!
Back in Windows 3.1 days, I had written some software that used text-to-speech, for those who had lost the ability to speak. That brought me into online contact with others (quadriplegics, etc.) who needed computer assistance. I played around with a very early brain control system (from a company in Israel, IIRC) to move the mouse but never got it to work reliably either because it or my brain was inadequate.
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The recipients of a brain chip will probably have to take so many immune system suppressants that a finger splinter will probably result in your arm falling off. :'
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Back in Windows 3.1 days, I had written some software that used text-to-speech, for those who had lost the ability to speak. That brought me into online contact with others (quadriplegics, etc.) who needed computer assistance. I played around with a very early brain control system (from a company in Israel, IIRC) to move the mouse but never got it to work reliably either because it or my brain was inadequate.
It was individuals with specialized needs that also inspired Bill to create BVC.... and to look at "brain control".... which could be helpful to those who are speech impaired. I myself.... just love exploiting the technologies in the simplest ways possible. If it hadn't been for X10 (and BVC) I might have ended-up with a panel of doorbell buttons triggering relay switches, to achieve my Home Automation.
With the early systems... the slowness of the processors and bulkiness of computer language... made your efforts all but impossible. Great ideas almost always proceed the technology.
The recipients of a brain chip will probably have to take so many immune system suppressants that a finger splinter will probably result in your arm falling off. :'
There have been countless thousands of RFID chips implanted as of today, with no ill effects. True... almost all are in dogs. But we have also implanted huge numbers of pacemakers and such in humans for decades. The implant technology is sound. We do need better battery/energy use/storage solutions. Maybe radio wave battery charging. Or some sort of implanted battery/energy generator that uses an internal chemical reaction to make tiny amounts of battery storable electric... who knows.
I see huge potential in wearable technology (like I would know... lol). Wearing clothing seems to have caught on. And carrying around technological devices like credit cards with chips and even cell phones seems to have become an acceptable practice. Google glass was maybe a little too early... but we'll get there.
I see (in my real life experience) everything is integrating. I can talk to my house (BVC controlled HA PC), I can talk to my (docked) iphone (Siri). I can talk to my TV using the microphone function of my streaming device. My computer, my phone, and now even my TV share [some of] the same functions and even the same cloud memory (and calendar events). I would NOT object to another device... that would complete the integration of me to my devices.
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It seems research is more advanced than in the initial article.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/27/pentagon-research-could-make-brain-modem-a-reality.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/27/pentagon-research-could-make-brain-modem-a-reality.html)
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Here's an article about monkeys controlling wheelchairs with multichannel microelectrode arrays that allowed wireless recordings from ensembles of premotor and sensorimotor cortical neurons.
http://time.com/4246245/monkey-mind-control-wheelchair/ (http://time.com/4246245/monkey-mind-control-wheelchair/)
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Couch potatoes need never again leave the couch.
Yeah, but I do hate those long catheters.
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...I do hate those long catheters.
http://www.pilotshop.com/catalog/pspages/thegopilotdeluxe.php?recfer=11175 (http://www.pilotshop.com/catalog/pspages/thegopilotdeluxe.php?recfer=11175)
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rofl
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This article provides far more detail on the monkey brain controlled wheelchair. While the sensors were implanted, they connected wirelessly.
http://www.modernreaders.com/mind-powered-wheelchair-shows-huge-promise-in-tests/41292/ed-jones (http://www.modernreaders.com/mind-powered-wheelchair-shows-huge-promise-in-tests/41292/ed-jones)
I suspect some of us are as smart as monkeys so it could work for us also.
For training with a fruit target, I much prefer blueberries to grapes unless the grapes were first liquified and aged.
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I dug around my files and found the image my wife took of me playing the "mind control" game I purchased (when Bill was looking at such devices). The game wasn't cheap in the stores... but I got mine at a yard sale for 5 bucks. It's a simple enough game that involves using your own concentration to vary the speed of a fan motor. That in turn floats a ball to various heights as required by the moving platform and different obstacles determined by the game.
In the picture you can see the ball floating:
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If I knew photoshop, I could put you in a wheel chair and have a pretty good /r/photoshopbattles/
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bkenobi, It has already been photoshopped. Daves got hair and it's brown. rofl
(I'm sorry, sometimes I just can't control myself)
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bkenobi, It has already been photoshopped. Daves got hair and it's brown. rofl
Whenever I need to show an ID... I always say: "This picture (my driver license) makes me look like I am loosing my hair.... BUT IT'S REALLY ME.
I have and know how to use Photoshop. But did not see a reason to alter anything.
I know some who use Home Automation... do so... due to limitations. I think it's great that what many of us use for convenience or hobby also brings aid and/or assistance to those who can benefit the most from Home Automation. I know that helping others was the motivation for Bill (of BVC). I have always been proud of my tiny little part in helping others.
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While this has nothing to do with the original subject of the thread it does seem to sort of fit the current discussion.
http://estimote.com/ (http://estimote.com/)
They might be especially useful for remote monitoring of a residence.