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This weekend I was visiting my girlfriend in Oxfordshire, when I happened to be engrossed in an article in the Reading sunday newspaper. It featured Professor Warwick, a professor in cybernetics at the University of Reading. What he had endured and managed to achieve astounded me with respect to modern technology and the future....
Professor Warwick had endured a limb threatening operation on his arm in the name of science. He had a series of microprobes surgically embedded into the median nerve of his arm. The device contained one hundred probes each positioned with exact precision within synapses of his nerve. Synapses for those who don't know are gap junctions in the nerve where the nervous impulse is transmitted chemically. The device can basically be connected up to computer equipment and the results of the nervous transmission seen.
So what? You may ask, so what if he can measure the electrical activity in a nerve in his arm.... Well Professor Warwick had been able to ascertain emotional trends in the patterns decoded by the computer. He had made a statement that emotions can be trapped within the median nerve. In general terms he had programmed his computer to go from electrical signals to emotional responses. Thus his computer was able to tell him what emotions he was experiencing and the extent of said emotions.
Truly radical stuff, with huge knock-on effects in terms of the future. Imagine being able to visualise not just your own, but other peoples emotions around you. You will truly be able to know what someone is feeling.... This could truly revolutionise the nightclub/dating process! In the future, could we actually see such technology being used in everyday life? Could it even stretch to accomodate the gaming world?
Well the answer would have to be yes. If in the future we could all be fitted with such a device on our arms. How long would it possibly take for a games console to evolve with a facility to plug the device into the the console? Imagine the game responding to your emotions. Imagine the computer picking up fear in the player, and thus delivering a huge great scary monster on the screen.... The possibilities would be endless, a computer interacting with our emotions.
I accept that this is truly a wonderous concept, but am I talking out of my backside? Probably, it would no doubt be many many years away before such technology becomes plausible. But the potential still holds. Moreso if we now have the technology to decipher emotions, how long will it take for the process to be reversed? How long will it be before the computer actually makes us feel emotions at the touch of a key? This really would revolutionise gaming, because now the computer can control not just what we see and hear, but literally what we feel. Truly immersive games could be produced using that concept. The Final Fantasy series would not be same again! This time round we will actually be really scared of the boss, or we are actually in love with the girl we are rescuing!
It must be stressed however that such a concept would not be welcomed with open-arms. Emotions are a part of our lives that we really want to keep to ourselves. No doubt nobody would want to broadcast how they are feeling, nor would anyone want to fall in love because a few lines of code told them too. Plus we cannot discount a few games developers taking the power for granting and altering peoples psychological status. I mean games like GTA3 are already controversial, imagine if they did actually make people want to go out and steal cars....
The mystifying world of our human emotions are in the process of being discovered. But how far will science go in the hunt for knowledge of the human body? Are some things there just not meant to be messed around with? Or is this a great achievement? However I can say with no doubt in my mind that this is a truly remarkable scientific discovery.
Professor Warwick had endured a limb threatening operation on his arm in the name of science. He had a series of microprobes surgically embedded into the median nerve of his arm. The device contained one hundred probes each positioned with exact precision within synapses of his nerve. Synapses for those who don't know are gap junctions in the nerve where the nervous impulse is transmitted chemically. The device can basically be connected up to computer equipment and the results of the nervous transmission seen.
So what? You may ask, so what if he can measure the electrical activity in a nerve in his arm.... Well Professor Warwick had been able to ascertain emotional trends in the patterns decoded by the computer. He had made a statement that emotions can be trapped within the median nerve. In general terms he had programmed his computer to go from electrical signals to emotional responses. Thus his computer was able to tell him what emotions he was experiencing and the extent of said emotions.
Truly radical stuff, with huge knock-on effects in terms of the future. Imagine being able to visualise not just your own, but other peoples emotions around you. You will truly be able to know what someone is feeling.... This could truly revolutionise the nightclub/dating process! In the future, could we actually see such technology being used in everyday life? Could it even stretch to accomodate the gaming world?
Well the answer would have to be yes. If in the future we could all be fitted with such a device on our arms. How long would it possibly take for a games console to evolve with a facility to plug the device into the the console? Imagine the game responding to your emotions. Imagine the computer picking up fear in the player, and thus delivering a huge great scary monster on the screen.... The possibilities would be endless, a computer interacting with our emotions.
I accept that this is truly a wonderous concept, but am I talking out of my backside? Probably, it would no doubt be many many years away before such technology becomes plausible. But the potential still holds. Moreso if we now have the technology to decipher emotions, how long will it take for the process to be reversed? How long will it be before the computer actually makes us feel emotions at the touch of a key? This really would revolutionise gaming, because now the computer can control not just what we see and hear, but literally what we feel. Truly immersive games could be produced using that concept. The Final Fantasy series would not be same again! This time round we will actually be really scared of the boss, or we are actually in love with the girl we are rescuing!
It must be stressed however that such a concept would not be welcomed with open-arms. Emotions are a part of our lives that we really want to keep to ourselves. No doubt nobody would want to broadcast how they are feeling, nor would anyone want to fall in love because a few lines of code told them too. Plus we cannot discount a few games developers taking the power for granting and altering peoples psychological status. I mean games like GTA3 are already controversial, imagine if they did actually make people want to go out and steal cars....
The mystifying world of our human emotions are in the process of being discovered. But how far will science go in the hunt for knowledge of the human body? Are some things there just not meant to be messed around with? Or is this a great achievement? However I can say with no doubt in my mind that this is a truly remarkable scientific discovery.
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Franny wrote:
> Also, can anyone tell me where the hell I can get a reliable release schedule
> for upcoming XBox games? I have been scouring the web for days for this
> one....
go to the xbox site: I think it's www.playmore.com
This is certainly worthy of GAD winning stuff- all it needs is more about how the technology could let us make brain linked console ala David Cronenburg's eXistenZ
> Also, can anyone tell me where the hell I can get a reliable release schedule
> for upcoming XBox games? I have been scouring the web for days for this
> one....
go to the xbox site: I think it's www.playmore.com
This is certainly worthy of GAD winning stuff- all it needs is more about how the technology could let us make brain linked console ala David Cronenburg's eXistenZ
(Ignore her)
Anyway, great topic! If I didn't get shouted at for it, I'd post it in the prime room!
It's late, so I won't give a full reply now, but I will 2 moro.
Sonic
Anyway, great topic! If I didn't get shouted at for it, I'd post it in the prime room!
It's late, so I won't give a full reply now, but I will 2 moro.
Sonic
LOL! For a second there I thought your name was...
This weekend I was visiting my girlfriend in Oxfordshire, when I happened to be engrossed in an article in the Reading sunday newspaper. It featured Professor Warwick, a professor in cybernetics at the University of Reading. What he had endured and managed to achieve astounded me with respect to modern technology and the future....
Professor Warwick had endured a limb threatening operation on his arm in the name of science. He had a series of microprobes surgically embedded into the median nerve of his arm. The device contained one hundred probes each positioned with exact precision within synapses of his nerve. Synapses for those who don't know are gap junctions in the nerve where the nervous impulse is transmitted chemically. The device can basically be connected up to computer equipment and the results of the nervous transmission seen.
So what? You may ask, so what if he can measure the electrical activity in a nerve in his arm.... Well Professor Warwick had been able to ascertain emotional trends in the patterns decoded by the computer. He had made a statement that emotions can be trapped within the median nerve. In general terms he had programmed his computer to go from electrical signals to emotional responses. Thus his computer was able to tell him what emotions he was experiencing and the extent of said emotions.
Truly radical stuff, with huge knock-on effects in terms of the future. Imagine being able to visualise not just your own, but other peoples emotions around you. You will truly be able to know what someone is feeling.... This could truly revolutionise the nightclub/dating process! In the future, could we actually see such technology being used in everyday life? Could it even stretch to accomodate the gaming world?
Well the answer would have to be yes. If in the future we could all be fitted with such a device on our arms. How long would it possibly take for a games console to evolve with a facility to plug the device into the the console? Imagine the game responding to your emotions. Imagine the computer picking up fear in the player, and thus delivering a huge great scary monster on the screen.... The possibilities would be endless, a computer interacting with our emotions.
I accept that this is truly a wonderous concept, but am I talking out of my backside? Probably, it would no doubt be many many years away before such technology becomes plausible. But the potential still holds. Moreso if we now have the technology to decipher emotions, how long will it take for the process to be reversed? How long will it be before the computer actually makes us feel emotions at the touch of a key? This really would revolutionise gaming, because now the computer can control not just what we see and hear, but literally what we feel. Truly immersive games could be produced using that concept. The Final Fantasy series would not be same again! This time round we will actually be really scared of the boss, or we are actually in love with the girl we are rescuing!
It must be stressed however that such a concept would not be welcomed with open-arms. Emotions are a part of our lives that we really want to keep to ourselves. No doubt nobody would want to broadcast how they are feeling, nor would anyone want to fall in love because a few lines of code told them too. Plus we cannot discount a few games developers taking the power for granting and altering peoples psychological status. I mean games like GTA3 are already controversial, imagine if they did actually make people want to go out and steal cars....
The mystifying world of our human emotions are in the process of being discovered. But how far will science go in the hunt for knowledge of the human body? Are some things there just not meant to be messed around with? Or is this a great achievement? However I can say with no doubt in my mind that this is a truly remarkable scientific discovery.
Professor Warwick had endured a limb threatening operation on his arm in the name of science. He had a series of microprobes surgically embedded into the median nerve of his arm. The device contained one hundred probes each positioned with exact precision within synapses of his nerve. Synapses for those who don't know are gap junctions in the nerve where the nervous impulse is transmitted chemically. The device can basically be connected up to computer equipment and the results of the nervous transmission seen.
So what? You may ask, so what if he can measure the electrical activity in a nerve in his arm.... Well Professor Warwick had been able to ascertain emotional trends in the patterns decoded by the computer. He had made a statement that emotions can be trapped within the median nerve. In general terms he had programmed his computer to go from electrical signals to emotional responses. Thus his computer was able to tell him what emotions he was experiencing and the extent of said emotions.
Truly radical stuff, with huge knock-on effects in terms of the future. Imagine being able to visualise not just your own, but other peoples emotions around you. You will truly be able to know what someone is feeling.... This could truly revolutionise the nightclub/dating process! In the future, could we actually see such technology being used in everyday life? Could it even stretch to accomodate the gaming world?
Well the answer would have to be yes. If in the future we could all be fitted with such a device on our arms. How long would it possibly take for a games console to evolve with a facility to plug the device into the the console? Imagine the game responding to your emotions. Imagine the computer picking up fear in the player, and thus delivering a huge great scary monster on the screen.... The possibilities would be endless, a computer interacting with our emotions.
I accept that this is truly a wonderous concept, but am I talking out of my backside? Probably, it would no doubt be many many years away before such technology becomes plausible. But the potential still holds. Moreso if we now have the technology to decipher emotions, how long will it take for the process to be reversed? How long will it be before the computer actually makes us feel emotions at the touch of a key? This really would revolutionise gaming, because now the computer can control not just what we see and hear, but literally what we feel. Truly immersive games could be produced using that concept. The Final Fantasy series would not be same again! This time round we will actually be really scared of the boss, or we are actually in love with the girl we are rescuing!
It must be stressed however that such a concept would not be welcomed with open-arms. Emotions are a part of our lives that we really want to keep to ourselves. No doubt nobody would want to broadcast how they are feeling, nor would anyone want to fall in love because a few lines of code told them too. Plus we cannot discount a few games developers taking the power for granting and altering peoples psychological status. I mean games like GTA3 are already controversial, imagine if they did actually make people want to go out and steal cars....
The mystifying world of our human emotions are in the process of being discovered. But how far will science go in the hunt for knowledge of the human body? Are some things there just not meant to be messed around with? Or is this a great achievement? However I can say with no doubt in my mind that this is a truly remarkable scientific discovery.
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