10th February 2010, 2:21 PM
Me: But honestly I dont think you're going to listen to reason because you're so PC oriented you couldn't bear the idea that PC's, desktops in general, are going to be phased out.
You: they are not, and will not, replace desktop devices.
Me: *dances*
Ryan's neural devices are years away and probably not in our lifetime, its unfortunate but its not that technology wont be there, but the ability to guinea pig human brains and dissect human brain tissues to assimilate technology will be almost considered a form of crime against humanity. That's why I think the Twitter-Brain idea up there is so important, if we can pin-point those exact brain waves we can be psychically communicating in no time. Devices could send out the neural energy of sound so that your ears dont pick anything up, but your brain does, so the sound appears in your mind. Its limitless and that alone will be cause for alarm. Rape simulations, implanting memories, recording death so we can see what it feels like. What if sending the same brain waves of a person dying in to a healthy person actually causes their brain to shut down? A lot of worry there. It's been proven that a person can be hypnotized in to believing that they've been burned, even creating a boil on their arm, even though they were only touched with a pencil.
But keep in mind that hand-held and portability are one in the same. That 6thSense device is a portable hands-free system that looks incredible. The hologram/projector method makes so much more sense to me than the Star Trekian desktops, giant expensive touchscreens, the e-ink, the wi-fi-everything.
In that example such as with the book, you could create an e-ink book that changes and displays information. It (the book) would need a way to connect to the internet to receive updates on information, it would need the electronics neccesary to pacify the ability to display updated information such as wi-fi enabled or bluetooth. This book now costs upwards of 200 bucks... or it can be the normal 30 dollar book with all the ability to have updated information, look up the meaning of words, display other pictures or indirect information about the author, the characters, etc from the portable device displaying it on to the book from a button that we wear. That's the future.
Wireless, passive, full range headphones that allow to be turned down when a person is talking to you or even provide audible or visual warnings to loud sound around you. Built in microphone that even allows for whispering. It's the next generation's Star Trek communicator only more advanced. As a business, it would mean that people dont have to go to a particular building to work, just get hooked up to the network and do your work where ever you want. No more cubicals, no more office politics and ridiculous drama of stressed out people. The business could be monolithic in its proportions but have no actual office building. The implications of it all, in a more advanced form, are insane.
You: they are not, and will not, replace desktop devices.
Me: *dances*
Ryan's neural devices are years away and probably not in our lifetime, its unfortunate but its not that technology wont be there, but the ability to guinea pig human brains and dissect human brain tissues to assimilate technology will be almost considered a form of crime against humanity. That's why I think the Twitter-Brain idea up there is so important, if we can pin-point those exact brain waves we can be psychically communicating in no time. Devices could send out the neural energy of sound so that your ears dont pick anything up, but your brain does, so the sound appears in your mind. Its limitless and that alone will be cause for alarm. Rape simulations, implanting memories, recording death so we can see what it feels like. What if sending the same brain waves of a person dying in to a healthy person actually causes their brain to shut down? A lot of worry there. It's been proven that a person can be hypnotized in to believing that they've been burned, even creating a boil on their arm, even though they were only touched with a pencil.
But keep in mind that hand-held and portability are one in the same. That 6thSense device is a portable hands-free system that looks incredible. The hologram/projector method makes so much more sense to me than the Star Trekian desktops, giant expensive touchscreens, the e-ink, the wi-fi-everything.
In that example such as with the book, you could create an e-ink book that changes and displays information. It (the book) would need a way to connect to the internet to receive updates on information, it would need the electronics neccesary to pacify the ability to display updated information such as wi-fi enabled or bluetooth. This book now costs upwards of 200 bucks... or it can be the normal 30 dollar book with all the ability to have updated information, look up the meaning of words, display other pictures or indirect information about the author, the characters, etc from the portable device displaying it on to the book from a button that we wear. That's the future.
Wireless, passive, full range headphones that allow to be turned down when a person is talking to you or even provide audible or visual warnings to loud sound around you. Built in microphone that even allows for whispering. It's the next generation's Star Trek communicator only more advanced. As a business, it would mean that people dont have to go to a particular building to work, just get hooked up to the network and do your work where ever you want. No more cubicals, no more office politics and ridiculous drama of stressed out people. The business could be monolithic in its proportions but have no actual office building. The implications of it all, in a more advanced form, are insane.