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]]> By: Video Fest of Brain-Computer Links & Control » docinthemachine http://docinthemachine.com/2006/09/15/sisters-are-doing-it-for-themselves-bionic-arms/#comment-5589 Video Fest of Brain-Computer Links & Control » docinthemachine Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:11:13 +0000 http://docinthemachine.com/archives/30#comment-5589 [...] I have written before on direct brain-computer interfaces such as the monkey brain controlled robot arm, a woman with a robotic brain controlled limb, soldiers with brain controlled limbs, a paraplegic with a matrix-neural plug in his grey matter, and a brain cap interface for gaming.   Damn- Kurzweil even predicts that once the singularity comes we will all be downloading our brains into computers forming humans v 2.0.  [...] […] I have written before on direct brain-computer interfaces such as the monkey brain controlled robot arm, a woman with a robotic brain controlled limb, soldiers with brain controlled limbs, a paraplegic with a matrix-neural plug in his grey matter, and a brain cap interface for gaming.   Damn- Kurzweil even predicts that once the singularity comes we will all be downloading our brains into computers forming humans v 2.0.  […]

]]> By: Bionic Borg Cat Eye Implant Holds Promise For Blindness Cure » docinthemachine http://docinthemachine.com/2006/09/15/sisters-are-doing-it-for-themselves-bionic-arms/#comment-2136 Bionic Borg Cat Eye Implant Holds Promise For Blindness Cure » docinthemachine Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:26:57 +0000 http://docinthemachine.com/archives/30#comment-2136 [...] On a philosophical note how far would you go–A DARPA program administrator spoke to me about artificial limbs and the army’s work on “bionic” prosthetics (read more here and here).  He asked- “what if your daughter came up to you 10 years from now and said Daddy I want to be the fastest runner in the world- please cut off my legs and give me the prosthetics ones”.  We are approaching the technological inevitability when replacement body parts may surpass the abilities of our natural ones.  Legs that run faster or eyes that can see farther, sharper, or in the dark.  Would you get one implanted?  I also spoke with a doctor who was in charge of drug and genetic testing at the Olympics (genetic as in making sure the boys anre boys and the girls are girls at the DAN level).  He asked a similar question about performance enhancing drugs and cited reports of college students using performance enhancing sleep deprivation drugs designed for the military.  If a drug was available with no short term side effects that could allow you to not nned to sleep for a few days and enhance memory and performance what proportion of college students would take it before exams?  What is the limits you would go to to enhance your performance?  I think my wife fears the day I come home with a Matrix-plug in the base of my skull…. [...] […] On a philosophical note how far would you go–A DARPA program administrator spoke to me about artificial limbs and the army’s work on “bionic” prosthetics (read more here and here).  He asked- “what if your daughter came up to you 10 years from now and said Daddy I want to be the fastest runner in the world- please cut off my legs and give me the prosthetics ones”.  We are approaching the technological inevitability when replacement body parts may surpass the abilities of our natural ones.  Legs that run faster or eyes that can see farther, sharper, or in the dark.  Would you get one implanted?  I also spoke with a doctor who was in charge of drug and genetic testing at the Olympics (genetic as in making sure the boys anre boys and the girls are girls at the DAN level).  He asked a similar question about performance enhancing drugs and cited reports of college students using performance enhancing sleep deprivation drugs designed for the military.  If a drug was available with no short term side effects that could allow you to not nned to sleep for a few days and enhance memory and performance what proportion of college students would take it before exams?  What is the limits you would go to to enhance your performance?  I think my wife fears the day I come home with a Matrix-plug in the base of my skull…. […]

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