Tuesday, March 31, 2009
OMFG Robots Controlled by Thought
I must say that when the year 2000 arrived I was disappointed by the stunning lack of futuristic things. There were no flying cars, no personal robots and no colonies on the moon. But thankfully science has been picking up the pace since then. Honda just unveiled a robot that is controlled by thought alone. This technology has been steadily growing for a while. I first saw a story about its use for paralyzed patients over a decade ago and Nintendo already has plans to make a video game controller that uses sensors to measure electrical activity in the brain. But something about this video screamed "The future is here now!" Although, I guess I always feel that way when new advances in robotics are revealed.
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Boris and I LOVE this painting, Mary! When he was teaching himself to paint, he used to copy these kinds of illustrations to learn their techniques. This one in your blog is a particularly nice one. I am also still waiting for the flying cars. But at least we do have video phones.
Thanks for coming by my new blog. That's cool that you're running and coaching runners!
--Julie
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