Robots !

SteamWake · 04-13-10, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkFish

by chance I happen to have spoken an expert on this area about a month ago, and he was quite sceptic about these kind of things. According to him, (using the current experimental technologies) we are only able to measure very few brain responses (e.g. the so-called P300-response). Definitely not the signals used to control your hand.

So don't think of it as an artificial hand you control in exactly the same way as you would control your real hands.
It probably uses some kind of "thought code" instead, using those very few signals that are measurable. This would require extensive training before you could even wobble your little finger up and down.

A very good example of how such thing works:

it's not like you think "w" and a "w" appears on your screen. But rather you see the cursor automatically scroll through all the letters, and when it selects "w" you think "yeah that's the one!".

Your 'expert' friend may want to read this..

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/...in/?test=faces

DarkFish · 04-14-10, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

Your 'expert' friend may want to read this..

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/...in/?test=faces

well, even in that article they admit they (quote) "are not there yet".

According to the expert I'm talking about (an electrical engineer working on things like this), we shouldn't expect to see these things in the near future.
That said, in the far future we probably will be able to do such things. Just not now yet.

With nowadays technology, the best we can do is use some very generic, easy to detect brain signals. (these applications are completely brain-controlled, mind you. It's just not the brain-control anyone would expect)

SteamWake · 04-14-10, 09:10 AM

I know I just thought he might be interested in the article is all

Here is a little something I think the porn industry will be all over !

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Hong Kong scientists have developed a robotic hand that allows people talking over the web to experience the sensation of touching each other — even feeling the strength of a handshake.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...#ixzz0l5HOUdXl