4-10 Jan 2010
And it’ll be picked up by a tiny brain electrode and turned into speech on your laptop. Not for mass consumption but perfect for folk who can’t speak on their own.
Talking about thoughts...Christian Kandlbauer’s new robot arms respond to his commands wired to his chest from his mind. And they’re agile enough to help him pass his driving test! And if he needs directions, just use SixthSense, a wearable gestural interface developed by MIT researchers, to find out where he’s at by beaming (yes, we’re not joking) a light onto a street sign and getting digital information from it.
We’re bugged by foreign street signs because we can’t read or understand them. Enter the Touch-Hear Human addon by Design Incubation Centre at Singapore’s NUS, which pronounces and exposits words run over by your finger. We hope the next upgrade translates foreign words as well.
Sight complements sound. As our saying goes, “if you can’t see, you can’t hit it!” Hence we heart the solar cell implant that can restore sight by converting light into electric signals for our mind to view eye to eye. Too sunny? Slip on these contact lenses that darken under sunlight for maxed-out UV protection.
And check out the future, imagined in a 2007 crystal ball, where Humans get upgrades to fly the friendly skies on red and blue capes, amongst other funkier upgrades. Oh yes, it’s the Pongal Harvest Festival this weekend. Head down to Little India for the festivities! But don’t forget to check out our Get Inspired posts of this week!
Gregory Stock: To upgrade is Human (src: TEDtalksDirector)
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