Archive for the ‘human machine interface’ Category
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
I just read the first chapter of Marshall Brain's "The Day You Discard Your Body" Like Marshall, I've long been annoyed with sci-fi that doesn't address the idea that we will soon be able to exist separately from our bodies and animate other bodies, both virtually and really. ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
There's an old well-worn addage that says, "The customer is always right." On the surface, it means that you should always strive to provide good customer service. But on a deeper level, it means that if your customers do things with your service that you never intended, perhaps ...
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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
So, I'm adding this call me button from my freshly established GrandCentral account to the blog:
If you're reading this and you are not me (unlikely as this may be), try it! Leave me a voice comment! This button allows anyone to hit it and call my phone without being able ...
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
This article describes some various exciting potential applications of TMS, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. It's being used to treat brain disorders including: Already, magnetic stimulation is being used in clinical trials for countless neurological disorders, including "reducing "voices" heard by people with schizophrenia; smoking cessation; obsessive-compulsive disorder; depression; post-traumatic stress ...
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