 Cat girls existing, A sign that God loves us? One step closer. |
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 May 6 2011, 02:18 PM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,083 Joined: 13-December 10 From: Rotterdam, The Netherlands Member No.: 19,228  |
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May 6 2011, 02:42 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
why's it disturbing to you?
as long as the girls are cute, i am okay with this. Technically, it shows some higher brain activity at least . . |
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May 6 2011, 03:12 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
What's next? Some Elcor style speech patterns?
Mournful Lament: A technology to determine mood from brainwaves and we make cat ears out of it. |
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May 6 2011, 03:27 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Bigity @ May 6 2011, 10:12 AM)  Mournful Lament: A technology to determine mood from brainwaves and we make cat ears out of it. R&D takes money, which means you need a marketable item. Say what you will, lots of furries out there with too much disposable income. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) EDIT: Would you rather Emotitoys? |
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May 6 2011, 03:57 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,300 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Cologne, Germany Member No.: 15,648 |
QUOTE (Bigity @ May 6 2011, 04:12 PM) A technology to determine mood from brainwaves and we make cat ears out of it. People are also working on brainwave-directed cars with some success, but it's a lot easier to make marketable cat ears than a rigger control that meets safety standards. |
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May 6 2011, 04:03 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,188 Joined: 9-February 08 From: Boiling Springs Member No.: 15,665 |
QUOTE (Mardrax @ May 6 2011, 09:18 AM) Why is it disturbing? Sure it may not be your cup of tea, but to others, it's pretty darn cool. Also, like CanRay said, R&D takes money and these can offset that cost by using the tech and making products NOW, rather than sitting on the tech until you have a "real" product to go to the market. |
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May 6 2011, 04:09 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,236 Joined: 27-July 10 Member No.: 18,860 |
Guys, it is a prove of concept.
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May 6 2011, 04:14 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,109 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 24,230 |
Japan is a great place. This is the first step to a brighter future. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/twirl.gif)
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May 6 2011, 04:28 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
So. In the three years since I was in college and another senior project from my classmates was a game that used "brain reading" technology that had oodles of inputs (63 separate variables) we still only know one factor?
Every brain-interface device like this uses a generic "concentration" meter. And its been like this for five years. Seriously, wth. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/indifferent.gif) |
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May 6 2011, 04:32 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,109 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 24,230 |
Did that project work for multiple people? I would think variances would make it only work as intended for a select few.
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May 6 2011, 04:54 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
QUOTE (longbowrocks @ May 6 2011, 11:32 AM) Did that project work for multiple people? I would think variances would make it only work as intended for a select few. There's a training portion where the program and the player "get to know each other" as it were. Basically, it takes a base-line reading, then asks you to concentrate and relax a few times. It worked for just about everyone (not that I ever got to test it). They'd even try and confuse it by having the baseline high. I will admit that the sensor structure has gotten smaller. But really, we should be focusing on determining what the other 60 some signals are. |
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May 6 2011, 10:35 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: 3-May 11 Member No.: 29,372 |
QUOTE (Bigity @ May 6 2011, 11:12 AM) Mournful Lament: A technology to determine mood from brainwaves and we make cat ears out of it. It's not really like that though. It just measures how much action is going on in your brain, not what you are actually think. I saw a toy that used this tech a few months ago. You used your mind to levitate a ball through hoops. |
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May 6 2011, 11:21 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Someday I'll have my many flying guns around me controlled by my murder-thoughts. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)
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May 6 2011, 11:22 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,109 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 24,230 |
It's kinda sad, but I don't think I would be able to use those cat ears. At least they would look spastic since I only concentrate in short bursts of less than a second.
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May 7 2011, 03:48 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,300 Joined: 6-February 08 From: Cologne, Germany Member No.: 15,648 |
QUOTE (longbowrocks @ May 6 2011, 11:22 PM) It's kinda sad, but I don't think I would be able to use those cat ears. At least they would look spastic since I only concentrate in short bursts of less than a second. This would actually be an accurate represantation of what they'll probably look like on most people. Given what i've seen so far about trode net operated vehicles (which seem to use a much more intricate interface), you have to focus about 5-6 seconds for a simple "turn left" or "turn right" command. I could see these cat ears requiring at least equal amounts of concentration. I wonder how much training (and how many takes while filming) it took that nekomimi in the linked video to pull off her performance like that. I mean, it looked really natural and cat-like and not forced at all. That must take some effort with present technology. Also makes me wonder again why RC didn't include an Exotic Ears qualitiy. |
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May 7 2011, 03:55 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,290 Joined: 23-January 07 From: Seattle, USA Member No.: 10,749 |
I imagine it will always take some effort to control objects with mental impulses, especially those that don't use pre-existing motor skills(like replacement limbs), but within 50 years that technology will be so common everyone will be trained in it maybe before they can walk.
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May 7 2011, 04:21 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 6-August 03 Member No.: 5,328 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ May 6 2011, 09:27 AM) R&D takes money, which means you need a marketable item. Say what you will, lots of furries out there with too much disposable income. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) EDIT: Would you rather Emotitoys? Read this and immediately thought of Angelic Layer. |
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May 7 2011, 04:34 AM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Let's not be silly: they don't look at all natural. They look like a Furby. Cheap nylon, jerky, random. In fact, the smart way to build these would be a simple random movement program, and rely on the stupidity of humans to attribute intent and meaning to the movements. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) For years (and up to today?), people attributed intelligence to the 100% random shuffle feature of their iPods, saying that it was matching their mood or sequencing songs that went together, and so on. (No, not the 'play higher-rated songs more often' feature.)
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May 7 2011, 04:37 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Yeah, and look at how frightened the Pentagon was of Furbies!
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May 7 2011, 04:39 AM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
I didn't say these things weren't frightening. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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May 7 2011, 04:40 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,109 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 24,230 |
Ugh. Just looking at that Angelic Layer page makes me think of Battle Athletes Victory. I can even see it ending in alternative love interest.
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May 7 2011, 04:42 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,109 Joined: 13-March 11 From: Portland, Oregon Member No.: 24,230 |
QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ May 6 2011, 09:34 PM) For years (and up to today?), people attributed intelligence to the 100% random shuffle feature of their iPods Knowing Mac products, it's sensible to think that. Knowing Mac users it's sensible to expect them to think that. (Zing!) |
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May 7 2011, 04:43 AM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
So what happens if you plunk one of these on an actual cat?
-k |
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May 7 2011, 04:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 102 Joined: 26-April 11 Member No.: 28,868 |
Humans are pattern seeking animals. It is bred into us at the genetic level. Without it how would we ever get to see penises in Disney movies,
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May 7 2011, 04:51 AM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Psh. iPods aren't (well, weren't) Macs.
I agree, Halflife. That's why my version is cheaper and better. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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