Mind reading caps? Well, sort of.

[wbarnhill]

http://www.physorg.com/news69039322.html

Definitely an interesting idea!

 

[RotaryWingBob]

That could be cool -- how about an aircraft directed by thought rather than by manipulating controls?

 

[ScottM]

I do not Windows to have access to my brain

 

[RotaryWingBob]

I do not Windows to have access to my brain

Absolutely not - LINUX or UNIX only

 

[wbarnhill]

Absolutely not - LINUX or UNIX only

But imagine what a kernel dump would do to you. Ick.

PS- Love the new avatar Bob, is that from the R22 or your new R44?

 

[woodstock]

what would the aircraft do if all you did was holler help help, or screamed, then? ar ar ar ar

 

[alaskaflyer]

That could be cool -- how about an aircraft directed by thought rather than by manipulating controls?

http://www.scifimoviepage.com/firefox.html

 

[RotaryWingBob]

PS- Love the new avatar Bob, is that from the R22 or your new R44?

Thanks. R22. We don't get the Raven II until the end of August. The R44 II doesn't look much different -- they moved a couple of thing around and added some new warning lights (CO, low fuel pressure, engine fire ).

 

[fgcason]

That could be cool -- how about an aircraft directed by thought rather than by manipulating controls?

Sounds dangerous. You go first.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Everyone is going to get electrocuted one of these days.

Domo Arigato Mr Roboto.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

That could be cool -- how about an aircraft directed by thought rather than by manipulating controls?

Already happening - Though right now it's just a sim, not an actual aircraft.

I saw a couple of devices like this on a show on Discovery IIRC. The first was actually intended for military aircraft mechanics and was a pair of glasses with a video image on one eye of a maintenance manual. The mechanic could turn the "pages" of the manual with his mind, and keep both hands on his work. It worked by having next/previous buttons (on-screen buttons, like "cancel" and "OK" on your computer) and a third one (probably "select" or something) that each flashed at a different frequency. By looking at the desired button and concentrating on it, that frequency had a higher amplitude in the visual cortex of the brain, and three small sensors on a headband could detect that and execute the desired action.

After that, they showed a full-motion aircraft sim being controlled without a stick or yoke! They didn't give complete details (military projects being what they are) but it sounded like it was a matter of training the pilot's brain to create inputs expected by the computer. They'd sit in the sim and just try to think "bank left" or something, and see how the sim actually reacted. Over time, they were able to train themselves to create the proper brain activity to elicit the desired response. Truly amazing!