Move with Mind
Hijacked from Tenrou who brings us to the attention of some most interesting technology...
Researchers said they have developed technology that allows computer users to use their thoughts to control the movements of avatars in a popular virtual world on the Internet.
Junichi Ushiba, a lecturer at Keio University's Faculty of Science and Technology, and researchers at the university's Faculty of Medicine announced the achievements on Saturday.
The technology is expected to pave the way for people paralyzed by spinal cord damage, incurable nerve diseases and other ailments to enjoy their lives in the virtual world and encourage them in their social rehabilitation efforts.
The technology is used with the 3-D virtual world of Second Life, operated by U.S. Linden Lab.
According to the team's announcement, a physically disabled person succeeded in using brain waves to move the avatar in the program.
Three electrodes were attached to the test subject's scalp to pick up the brain waves.
The brain-computer interface system determines what the computer user wants to do by comparing the detected electric brain signals with specific brain-wave patterns of the user registered in the computer.
In the test, the subject successfully had the avatar walk straight and turn left and right to meet an avatar controlled by another test participant.
The test subject's avatar and the other "resident" chatted using microphones.
Users need no special training to operate the interface system, and the electrodes can be detached easily.
Being able to move stuff just by thinking it. with this technology we could turn on lights, turn on the coffee maker and most probably interface with the internet. Have not through too deeply about the implications but sounds quite cool and convenient - Want ot Do Not Want?
Oh and I love this girl that he posted ^^ (kind of) reminds me that I need to finish watching Chobits - am I the last one?
Original text from Tenrou below.
How close are we to interfacing with the internet as seen in Serial Experiments Lain or the .hack// series?
Latest research out of Japan has allowed a person to move an avatar on the net using only their mind.
The researches at Keio University had a physically disabled person move an avatar in Second Life using only brainwaves. As opposed to the research at MIT using scalp implants, the Keio research uses electrodes attached to the scalp. While the MIT method produced better control, the Keio method doesn't require you to have any hardware put in you (e.g. the difference between interfacing in .hack and interfacing in Ghost in the Shell).
I'm excited to see where this will lead, next. I'm also guessing that the gaming industry is keeping a close eye on this (I know some companies are developing similar peripherals, already).
What are your thoughts? If interface via brainwave technology becomes widely available, will you use it?
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i look forward to an interface where i can access the web without a wired connection or a pc. something like the cyberbrains they have in GITS, Togusa's preferably (i still love my human body)
student
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There are so many movies & series based on this sort of technology. This sort of stuff is very interesting, and if it was available I would definitely try it.
Gaming would be kinda weird though. It's like a battle of brainpower.
You can do whatever you want, without physically doing it. It will become the lazy future.
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2D girl on the pic doesn't even need her mind to "move" me, if you know what I mean. :P
Anyways, read about this yesterday... very nice. I just hope they can port it to other games though... shure Second Life is already something, but it would be far better for the guy to be able to enter other newer online worlds.
Nandeyane~
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Wow... Just standing still in a virtual world watching everyone else seems fun. I mean, who knows what you'll be able to do with this thing?
Video Game Retail
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lol the first application will more than likely be pornographic
student
Sounds very interesting, but I hope no one will come up with a true mind/thought reading device any time soon. Though governments would love this...
IT Tech
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Interesting, they should open an IT branch already in Japan and call it TIT for Tokyo Institute of Technology. :p
"TIT's is the best school in the world!"
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Ah, there's the future coming now.
Do want, though Danny's right to note that the implications need to be thought through. Of course, developments like this will probably get way ahead of our ability to think them through fully beforehand, and moreover unexpected things will always happen.
Just have to listen to our ghosts, and see where things take us.
Admin
If memory serves, there was a news article recently about a successful experiment of monkeys using their brainwaves to get a robotic arm to fetch snacks for them.
I suppose this technology could be useful for directing robots/machinery without having to read up on the controls. Imagine how convenient it would be to just will a car to drive without lifting a finger.
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danny u are not alone. i haven't finish chobits as well. now at episode 24. 3 more episodes to go. ('~')
Undergraduate
a few years down the road... 'metal technology' will get so cheap that we'll see in in the Sony Playstation 5, the Xbox *insert number bigger than 5* and the Nintendo *insert newly made up word*
Good to know that there are lighter news then th eone going around the intarwebs
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It's just the beginning, but I think we're entering the era of Sokyuu no Fafner or maybe Eva
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Welcome in the World of .Hack ? 0.o
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Uber-awesome girlie.
And this news, will be awesome if it is put onto the mass market. We could play a game like .hack// and it would be almost real. Any mmorpg really, but .hack// is the first that comes to mind, even if the controls weren't like that originally. It'll be brilliant if it happens. Can't wait.
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Reminds me of some people saying
"I was born in the wrong era, all the cool things have not yet been developed."
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they're gonna use that technology for robotic love dolls i just know it! or maybe im just hopeful.
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In before thought-powered eroge.
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Evangelion units in the next five decades? :3
It'll really convenient when it becomes wireless; I can surf the net and take a bath at the same time. XD Modern keyword's time maximization.
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That'll be awesome, imagine what you could do... I think this could help alot of people and a great way to reduce time wastage...
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cute image indeed, and wow using just brain waves should not be for regular people tho lol I can imagine everyone become lazy physically LOL!!!
Web developer
It's embarrassing to admit that the reason I'm so much exited about neural interfaces is the possibility of one day having sexy with a smoking hot anime babe, Tama-nee, wait for mee!
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i'm thinking the sex industry will make quadrillions out of this thing if it becomes a reality
Student, Dead Man
All I've got to say is that it's about damn time!
It's stuff like this that makes the future so interesting.
Sports guy
Not surprising...my wife used to do research on a monkey that could move a robotic arm with its mind via electrode interface...of course these electrodes were implaned into its brain though. Pretty cool that they can be easily removed.
Student
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This is such an awesome technology for those who're handicapped. Thanks for those people who contributed the world of online through science, and also I'm wondering if they put brainwaves of a special person or maybe an animal, I can't guess what would happen.
Engineering research
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Oh and I love this girl that he posted ^^ (kind of) reminds me that I need to finish watching Chobits - am I the last one?
Omg Danny, how could you! lol
Anyway if this tech is driven even further things could get scary even though now its a good development for ppl with disabilities (think stephen hawking for eg)
Video Game Retail
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I read a similar article in a issue of Popular Mechanics. They showed a concept of it, and the thing looked more like a portable cat scan device than it did a "controller"
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Do they include robotic right hand as well? Sometimes I feel lazy to move my right hand...
College Student
Implants reduce noise and interference since they touch the surface of the brain and are not separated from the electrodes by the skull, scalp, and whatever else may get in the way. But the testing I've seen with those are with disabled individuals who have lost functionality with parts of their bodies. If this surface receptor is for entertainment, it is certainly much better for this venue.
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