Thursday, June 7, 2012

Thought controlled Robotics

This is a fascinating article about the potential to positively impact the life of disabled people. Wouldn't it be great if technology could them to make life better? In addition to that I think it could open endless opportunities in other areas as well. I think about steering a car, open and lock a house, turn on the TV,  control all kinds of machines (e.g. your lawn mower etc.) writing a report or controlling your smartphone etc.
It is simply fascinating to see what might be possible. Now a word of caution, whenever there is a big opportunity there are big pitfalls as well. What if someone tries to monitor your thoughts? If someone wants to control what you like or don't like? Since the chip is implanted it would be possible to influence what this does, kind of like a virus on a computer. Scary and fascinating at the same time.