A (frightening) Glimpse of the Future?
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A (frightening) Glimpse of the Future?
Who's up for this then?
From Rapidly Changing Face of Computing (RCFoC) Feb 12 2001 http://www.compaq.com/rcfoc
So, let me get this straight then, you fly this thing by waving your arms around and clenching and unclenching your fists? How very, errr, interesting! And, when's the next flight using an, ummm, joystick?
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From Rapidly Changing Face of Computing (RCFoC) Feb 12 2001 http://www.compaq.com/rcfoc
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">...NASA, it seems, has been following a different track.
Image - Neural control of a plane http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/release...c/0001831m.JPG
Instead of trying to decode the brain's electrical activity, they are
using several "dry" (non-invasive) metal-button-like electrodes that
are held against the skin by an elastic sleeve, to receive the nerve
signals going to the muscles in the arm. Then, special neural net
software interprets these signals with enough precision to allow a
pilot to land a 757 airliner (well, a 757 simulator, actually) without
using any physical controller at all!
According to their Feb. 1 press release
http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/releases/2001/01_08AR.html , Dr. Charles Jorgensen, head of NASA's neuroengineering laboratory, calls this,
"...significant, in that neuroelectric control of computers can replace computer keyboards, mice and joysticks for some uses."
"A pilot closes his fist in empty air, makes movements, and creates nerve signals that are captured by a dry electrode array on his arm. The nerve signals are analyzed and then routed through a computer, allowing the pilot to control the simulated airplane."
He also suggests that such control is far more intuitive than when interposing some form of controller between the person and the machine.
The potential uses for such control mechanisms are vast, ranging helping physically challenged people, to "driving" fly-by-wire cars, to ever more-intuitive simulations and video games. And I do think this is just the beginning. Over time, we'll be able to get as close to our machines, and to the environments and worlds they'll create, as we wish. And that should be very interesting, indeed.</font>
Image - Neural control of a plane http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/release...c/0001831m.JPG
Instead of trying to decode the brain's electrical activity, they are
using several "dry" (non-invasive) metal-button-like electrodes that
are held against the skin by an elastic sleeve, to receive the nerve
signals going to the muscles in the arm. Then, special neural net
software interprets these signals with enough precision to allow a
pilot to land a 757 airliner (well, a 757 simulator, actually) without
using any physical controller at all!
According to their Feb. 1 press release
http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/releases/2001/01_08AR.html , Dr. Charles Jorgensen, head of NASA's neuroengineering laboratory, calls this,
"...significant, in that neuroelectric control of computers can replace computer keyboards, mice and joysticks for some uses."
"A pilot closes his fist in empty air, makes movements, and creates nerve signals that are captured by a dry electrode array on his arm. The nerve signals are analyzed and then routed through a computer, allowing the pilot to control the simulated airplane."
He also suggests that such control is far more intuitive than when interposing some form of controller between the person and the machine.
The potential uses for such control mechanisms are vast, ranging helping physically challenged people, to "driving" fly-by-wire cars, to ever more-intuitive simulations and video games. And I do think this is just the beginning. Over time, we'll be able to get as close to our machines, and to the environments and worlds they'll create, as we wish. And that should be very interesting, indeed.</font>
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Feline
(I Sit, I Watch, I Smile)
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I can see it all now. Aircraft in cruise at FL390. Suddenley and slowly the aircraft oscilates around the pitch axis +/- 20 ft gradualy building up to +/- 100 ft, 200 ft. Auto seat-belt sign flashes on just as the Purser enters the cockpit and yells "For chrissake Slasher will you please stop playing with yourself!" ;-)
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BTW
I think it was Dale Brown wrote a fsacinating novel "Flight of the Minotaur?????" or something about a fighter aircraft that was operated by the pilot precisely like that.
The advantage being he could be prone and tolerate much higher manouvering forces.
Slashers put a whole different slant on that PA:
"Err ladies and gentlemen I am turning the seat belt on as we are going to experience a little turbulence so please return to your seats......blah blah"
I think it was Dale Brown wrote a fsacinating novel "Flight of the Minotaur?????" or something about a fighter aircraft that was operated by the pilot precisely like that.
The advantage being he could be prone and tolerate much higher manouvering forces.
Slashers put a whole different slant on that PA:
"Err ladies and gentlemen I am turning the seat belt on as we are going to experience a little turbulence so please return to your seats......blah blah"
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Slasher - You had me rolling around on the floor p*ss*ng myself! Maybe you could develop a two handed technique - one fist moves up as the other moves down.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! This is your Cabin Services Director - Please fasten your seatbelts while Captain Slasher adjusts the trim. On a good day, this will only take a few minutes!"
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Feline
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"Ladies and Gentlemen! This is your Cabin Services Director - Please fasten your seatbelts while Captain Slasher adjusts the trim. On a good day, this will only take a few minutes!"
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Feline
(I Sit, I Watch, I Smile)
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"Manufacturer's WARNING: The neuroelectric control device is NOT approved for single operator night cargo operations and the manufacturer is NOT responsible for any and all incidents arising from use of this device during single operator night cargo operations. Or from use by Slasher, under any circumstances. Ever."
[This message has been edited by pax domina (edited 16 February 2001).]
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