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2050. That's the year that you'll plug your brain into a toaster. Intel doesn't know how, precisely, but according to Intel CTO Justin Rattner's recent keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, they're working on it. From Intel's summary of the event:
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Intel Explains In What Year We'll Be Cyborgs But Terminators Will Kill Us Anyway
2050. That's the year that you'll plug your brain into a toaster. Intel doesn't know how, precisely, but according to Intel CTO Justin Rattner's recent keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, they're working on it. From Intel's summary of the event:
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oscar pistorius
Double-Amputee on Cheetah Blades Fails to Qualify For the Olympics
Oscar Pistorius, double-amputee with carbon-fiber "cheetah" blades, failed to qualify for the Olympics. He just missed the needed time in the 400 meter of 45.55 seconds, though it should be noted he posted a new personal best of 46.25. [New Scientist Tech, via Engadget]
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When Will You Be Able to Replace Your Arm with a Cybernetic One?
Our Philip K. Dick-obsessed cousins apparently have their very own biogeek sage, who today tackles that most pressing of sci-fi tech questions: Where are my cybernetic implants? Short answer: They're coming, it's just that building people parts out of metal and plastic is hard! The sense of touch is tricky, and our nerves are not exactly open source. Still, there's a litany of proto-Luke Skywalker quality cyborg parts out there that are pretty good, ugly: Bionic hands, arms and retinas oh my! For an approximate shipping date on your car crushing arm, hit up io9. [io9]
fronkonsteen
A neurosurgery team at Osaka University is now installing brain-machine interfaces directly into patients' heads. They claim the invasive open-skull surgery allows control over robotic limbs with the mind more accurately. In fact, in trials with four test subjects, their method has more than 80% accuracy.
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Open-Skull Brain-Machine Interface to Control Robotic Limbs
A neurosurgery team at Osaka University is now installing brain-machine interfaces directly into patients' heads. They claim the invasive open-skull surgery allows control over robotic limbs with the mind more accurately. In fact, in trials with four test subjects, their method has more than 80% accuracy.
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Retinal Imaging Display Glasses Make Terminator Vision Possible
Japan-based Brother Industries has created a wearable, portable version of its retinal imaging display (RID) technology, which gives people the chance to see things Terminator-style. How is this different than other HUD glasses we've seen? The new RID prototype attaches to a basic set of spectacles and works by focusing light onto the retina, moving it at high speeds to generate images that look like they exist right in front of the user. Too bad the source box is freaking enormous. More »
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Kurzweil Foresees "Borgs" By 2045
Ray Kurzweil is a thinker, an inventor, and a Matrix fan. Our man Ray thinks that by 2045 we'll have cyborgs of some sort around. Kind of like Bishop from Aliens who goes insane and spits acid. We also are apparently going to have a computer equivalent to the human brain by 2030, which is pushing it if you ask me. Of course, Mr. Kurzweil could just be a cyborg as he's quoted of taking over 200 supplements a day to alter his body's chemistry. Real nice. More »
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