Is That a Gun In Your Pocket, Or Do You Just Think You See Me?
From wacko future world comes this information (originally linked either on Slashdot or Robot Wisdom Weblog):In the sci-fi movie "The Matrix," a cable running from a computer into Neo's brain writes in visual perceptions, and Neo's brain can manipulate the computer-created world. In reality, scientists cannot interact directly with the brain because they do not understand enough about how it codes and decodes information...
Now, neuroscientists in the McGovern Institute at MIT have been able to decipher a part of the code involved in recognizing visual objects. Practically speaking, computer algorithms used in artificial vision systems might benefit from mimicking these newly uncovered codes.
The study, a collaboration between James DiCarlo's and Tomaso Poggio's labs, appears in the Nov. 4 issue of Science.
So the legitimate medical benefit is assisting visually impaired people to see better. The black leather coat, sunglasses, bullet-time benefit is that we're one step closer to jacking into The Matrix. Or something.
Oh, wait. We all know the first use of this technology, because it's where the early adopters are willing to shell out huge amount of cash from day one. Porn.
Hands off keyboards. No e-mails with the words "jacking" in them. Thank you in advance for your restraint.
Link here: http://www.physorg.com/news7879.html.
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