Full Version: BrainGate
According to this Wired article a company is moving forward with technology that translates neural impulses from the brain into a computer control system.
The question is, is it ever going to be a consumer item.
~J
~J
Just wait for the Crash. Remember, ASIST was invented before the Crash and didn't catch on until the existing infrastructure was flattened.
This has been a mild area of research for quite a while. Progress has been gradual, but will lead to a medically viable technology. After that comes industrial interest, mass production, and then consumer use.
I want that hole in my head now, dammit!
Ah well, I suppose I can wait until they work out the bugs.
~J
Ah well, I suppose I can wait until they work out the bugs.
~J
AHHH!!!
BUGS! IN SHADOWRUN!!!
That'd be great/horrible.
Depends on what side of the screen you're on.
BUGS! IN SHADOWRUN!!!
That'd be great/horrible.
Depends on what side of the screen you're on.
What Kag said...doubly so for things like an Encephalon or god help you, a misfiring Mr. Studd.
"So why did you break up?"
"He came too early."
"Can't you get special condoms to slow that down?"
"You don't understand. He came early, he came often, and he came HARD. I couldn't walk for days afterwards."
~J
"He came too early."
"Can't you get special condoms to slow that down?"
"You don't understand. He came early, he came often, and he came HARD. I couldn't walk for days afterwards."
~J
| QUOTE (Kagetenshi) |
| I want that hole in my head now, dammit! Ah well, I suppose I can wait until they work out the bugs. ~J |
Oh come on, you know you want to be on the beta-test team!
| QUOTE (Centurion) |
| What Kag said...doubly so for things like an Encephalon or god help you, a misfiring Mr. Studd. |
No kidding.
I'll wait on the brain implant until it's (a) tested adequately, and (b) can be used as a total replacement for my mouse and keyboard. =)
Ideally, it would be OS-independent, too, and not require a boatload of extra hardware...
(tho, that VHS-sized signal analyzer is probably necessary... *sigh*...)I just hope it's soon. When people learn that this can prevent repetetive stress injuries, they will be ALL over it (heck, that's the main reason I want it!).
Heh. Datajacks nothing. I'm just waiting until I can install cyberblades into my elbows, wrists, fingers, back of my hand, shoulders, knees, heels, toes, wherever else is convenient, and then be the first to develop a cybernetics-oriented martial art. 
The day they have a fast (faster than typing speed) implant that also functions as a monitor I'm ready to pay someone to turn me into a quadriplegic.
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| Heh. Datajacks nothing. I'm just waiting until I can install cyberblades into my elbows, wrists, fingers, back of my hand, shoulders, knees, heels, toes, wherever else is convenient, and then be the first to develop a cybernetics-oriented martial art. |
with that many sharp objects sticking off of you, you could freak-dance on somebody and they'd be ripped to shreds.
I'm more concerned about what's going to happen when he tries to use toilet paper and/or scratch that itch.
About 160,000 people in the United States have no use of their arms and legs, a market he believes to be worth about $2 billion.
That works out to about $12,500 a pop.. Yikes.
That works out to about $12,500 a pop.. Yikes.
That's not a lot considering that this will most likely partly fall under an insurrance policy, especially when you consider that it helps people become a shite side more productive.
All hail CyberKinetics for making our dreams come true! Once a working version of simsense comes out, people'll be taking out a lot of loans!
| QUOTE (Phaeton) |
| Heh. Datajacks nothing. I'm just waiting until I can install cyberblades into my elbows, wrists, fingers, back of my hand, shoulders, knees, heels, toes, wherever else is convenient, and then be the first to develop a cybernetics-oriented martial art. |
You forgot SMARTLINKS and Vehicle Control Rigs!
But it would be a right bugger going to the airport...
Pah, the only cyberware I'll be excited to see will be cyber replacements for human systems. The blind shall see, the deaf shall hear, and the megacorps shall raketh in the monetary units. Plus then you never worry about going blind, deaf, or losing limbs. Just buy a new one 
Or just effective organlegging...
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You forgot SMARTLINKS and Vehicle Control Rigs! But it would be a right bugger going to the airport... |
Guard: Sir, please remove any and all metal objects you may have...Keys, watches, stuff along tho---
Porcupine Street Sam: *SHING*
Guard: HOLY SHIT!!! *gets shredded*
| QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Jan 14 2004, 06:00 PM) |
| I want that hole in my head now, dammit! |
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