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I remember reading somewhere that in a few years time we will have computers so small and so advanced that theyd be able to be planted inside the human brain. This would be good and bad for the following reasons:
Good points
1. Games would be able to be played 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
2. No parents would be able to stop you from playing games as there is every chance you would have a virtual family that obeyed your every command
3. You would only need one computer for life and not need to upgrade(it would be painful if you had to!
4. You would never need to work, youd do a virtual job- which probably consisted of computer games.
Bad points
1. Would never get any real sleep
2. If caught in a lightening storm- well.. ouch!
3. If driving a car in the real world and playing Gran Turismo at the same time- well there would be a lot more car accidents in the future wouldnt there be!
4. Would be very prone to picking up BBC radio 4 in your head because of the radio waves, and you would never be able to change the channel.
It makes you wonder just what gaming would be like in 5 years or so, would we be playing games all the time or would we just be playing a film in virtual reality? Who knows, but it would be interesting to find out!
Good points
1. Games would be able to be played 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
2. No parents would be able to stop you from playing games as there is every chance you would have a virtual family that obeyed your every command
3. You would only need one computer for life and not need to upgrade(it would be painful if you had to!
4. You would never need to work, youd do a virtual job- which probably consisted of computer games.
Bad points
1. Would never get any real sleep
2. If caught in a lightening storm- well.. ouch!
3. If driving a car in the real world and playing Gran Turismo at the same time- well there would be a lot more car accidents in the future wouldnt there be!
4. Would be very prone to picking up BBC radio 4 in your head because of the radio waves, and you would never be able to change the channel.
It makes you wonder just what gaming would be like in 5 years or so, would we be playing games all the time or would we just be playing a film in virtual reality? Who knows, but it would be interesting to find out!
I would do, but the last time I was at the edge of the world I fell off. Anyway, Saudersfoot reminds me too much of Royston Vasey, and Carmarthen is just a bigger version of local shops for local people.
I just heard on the Web that Sony sales of the PS2 and games in the first week in the US hit $250 million, which was quite a bit more than the figure attained by the DC in its first week over there. (The DC figure wasn't published, but this was meant to be an unbiased site, so we may just have to take their word for the comparison.)
This means quite a few things:
Either:
a)PS2 will be very successful or
b)Americans are rich or
c)Americans don't know their consoles or
d)Americans don't like the DC because Sega remind them of Pearl Harbour or
e)Americans think Sony is a US company or
f)and so on....please feel free to add more witty anti-US propaganda as the need arises. I feel it really helps me get balanced, mentally.
I just heard on the Web that Sony sales of the PS2 and games in the first week in the US hit $250 million, which was quite a bit more than the figure attained by the DC in its first week over there. (The DC figure wasn't published, but this was meant to be an unbiased site, so we may just have to take their word for the comparison.)
This means quite a few things:
Either:
a)PS2 will be very successful or
b)Americans are rich or
c)Americans don't know their consoles or
d)Americans don't like the DC because Sega remind them of Pearl Harbour or
e)Americans think Sony is a US company or
f)and so on....please feel free to add more witty anti-US propaganda as the need arises. I feel it really helps me get balanced, mentally.
No. I'm not going to get any Dreamcast games, because I think I will buy a package system, I.E. Dreamcast and games. And I don't know which games will be in the package.
I went to Carmarthen today. And guess what I saw two copies of... Lylat Wars!
In GAME. Second hand.
I also saw loads of PS2 games for sale too. All in stock.
So come on down to the edge of the world if you need PS2 games or Lylat Wars.
I went to Carmarthen today. And guess what I saw two copies of... Lylat Wars!
In GAME. Second hand.
I also saw loads of PS2 games for sale too. All in stock.
So come on down to the edge of the world if you need PS2 games or Lylat Wars.
Too late for that, methinks, congrats by the way, which game did you go for, Shenmue?
www.mentalhealth.org.com
I tried wiring up my cat to the second controller on my PSX to see if she would be any good at playing Gran Turismo 2 against me, as she likes chasing the cars on the screen.
She just exploded. What was the name of that site again?
She just exploded. What was the name of that site again?
Imagine if the producers of these chips got it wrong and implanted a 'Sonic' game chip into your brain, only for your brain to interpret it into code for changing your DNA. Before long you would be turning blue, growing spikes and your eyes would be the size of dinner plates.
Hey, but at least you'd be able to run around the streets completely naked without anyone locking you up!
(did I say that last bit out loud?!)
Hey, but at least you'd be able to run around the streets completely naked without anyone locking you up!
(did I say that last bit out loud?!)
OK guys, Biochips exsist..although the cells dont survive very long.
You have DNA microarray chips which can be used for genetic screening.
You also have BioSensor chips.. They`re used as sensors in the military, basically the cell forms part of a circuit, as cells expressing certain membrane proteins can detect single airbourne molecules,...handy for the military if you need to detect a substance. It does have its drawbacks though...if the substance you detect kills the cell, the circuit goes and the sensor doesnt work.
At present Scientists have problems getting cells to grow in the correct way (ie to differentiate into different cell types, i.e. lung or brain tissue), until this is sorted out biochips will not be common. Spinal Cord Regeneration is still not possible although genetics studies by Wolfe and other influential scientists is giving us some hope. Scientists are hopeful that they will soon be able to repair the Spine, but until then were not really going to have Real Biochips...that is chips that you can reliably interface with.
At present, certain studies have implanted electrodes into rats brains, these rats can be trained to activate their neurones in a patern that activates the electrodes in a pattern...which controls a mechanical hand to do a task. This one study is promising as it has a 75% success rate...however there is a big difference between a scientific breakthrough and a medical breakthrough....Which basically means although this technology is promising, you wont see this in the doctors or as part of a useful game peripheral for at least 15 years. if your interested in this sort of thing visit the Scientific american website
www.sciam.com ....get the facts
You have DNA microarray chips which can be used for genetic screening.
You also have BioSensor chips.. They`re used as sensors in the military, basically the cell forms part of a circuit, as cells expressing certain membrane proteins can detect single airbourne molecules,...handy for the military if you need to detect a substance. It does have its drawbacks though...if the substance you detect kills the cell, the circuit goes and the sensor doesnt work.
At present Scientists have problems getting cells to grow in the correct way (ie to differentiate into different cell types, i.e. lung or brain tissue), until this is sorted out biochips will not be common. Spinal Cord Regeneration is still not possible although genetics studies by Wolfe and other influential scientists is giving us some hope. Scientists are hopeful that they will soon be able to repair the Spine, but until then were not really going to have Real Biochips...that is chips that you can reliably interface with.
At present, certain studies have implanted electrodes into rats brains, these rats can be trained to activate their neurones in a patern that activates the electrodes in a pattern...which controls a mechanical hand to do a task. This one study is promising as it has a 75% success rate...however there is a big difference between a scientific breakthrough and a medical breakthrough....Which basically means although this technology is promising, you wont see this in the doctors or as part of a useful game peripheral for at least 15 years. if your interested in this sort of thing visit the Scientific american website
www.sciam.com ....get the facts
I read something (I think it was an article in PC World) about 'bionic' computers. The Americans and Japanese have been researching 'living' chips for a while, and biochips are a real possibility within the next few years, exciting prospects indeed.
We already have bionic limbs, skin, organs, so why not chips too? The trouble at the moment is that not enough is known about the human brain's workings to enable us to build something that can interact with such a complicated organ. Until the mysteries of the grey matter are fully resolved, we may not see your idea come to fruition.
It'd be good though, you could sail through your exams because it's all been implanted, perhaps it would do away with exams altogether, giving us more time to concentrate on the important stuff, like Final Fantasy and MSR....
We already have bionic limbs, skin, organs, so why not chips too? The trouble at the moment is that not enough is known about the human brain's workings to enable us to build something that can interact with such a complicated organ. Until the mysteries of the grey matter are fully resolved, we may not see your idea come to fruition.
It'd be good though, you could sail through your exams because it's all been implanted, perhaps it would do away with exams altogether, giving us more time to concentrate on the important stuff, like Final Fantasy and MSR....
I remember reading somewhere that in a few years time we will have computers so small and so advanced that theyd be able to be planted inside the human brain. This would be good and bad for the following reasons:
Good points
1. Games would be able to be played 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
2. No parents would be able to stop you from playing games as there is every chance you would have a virtual family that obeyed your every command
3. You would only need one computer for life and not need to upgrade(it would be painful if you had to!
4. You would never need to work, youd do a virtual job- which probably consisted of computer games.
Bad points
1. Would never get any real sleep
2. If caught in a lightening storm- well.. ouch!
3. If driving a car in the real world and playing Gran Turismo at the same time- well there would be a lot more car accidents in the future wouldnt there be!
4. Would be very prone to picking up BBC radio 4 in your head because of the radio waves, and you would never be able to change the channel.
It makes you wonder just what gaming would be like in 5 years or so, would we be playing games all the time or would we just be playing a film in virtual reality? Who knows, but it would be interesting to find out!
Good points
1. Games would be able to be played 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
2. No parents would be able to stop you from playing games as there is every chance you would have a virtual family that obeyed your every command
3. You would only need one computer for life and not need to upgrade(it would be painful if you had to!
4. You would never need to work, youd do a virtual job- which probably consisted of computer games.
Bad points
1. Would never get any real sleep
2. If caught in a lightening storm- well.. ouch!
3. If driving a car in the real world and playing Gran Turismo at the same time- well there would be a lot more car accidents in the future wouldnt there be!
4. Would be very prone to picking up BBC radio 4 in your head because of the radio waves, and you would never be able to change the channel.
It makes you wonder just what gaming would be like in 5 years or so, would we be playing games all the time or would we just be playing a film in virtual reality? Who knows, but it would be interesting to find out!