- Significantly, a machine prototype has been developed that translates between languages by interpreting the position and vibration of an individual’s mouth and throat. Machine translation is still a dream a very long way off, but this is a step in the right direction. The PDF can be downloaded here.
- That sinking feeling you get in your gut when you sit down in your cubicle and suddenly feel the world closing in on you until you get up nervously to use the restroom and make some extra-strong coffee is not just a fluke: cubicles were a giant mistake.
- My own work in the eye-tracking studies of psycholinguistics makes me interested in something that can track your gaze and help you hear with your eyes. From the article, “[the device] is slightly less elegant than the traditional neural
implant, with this system you could not only record the goings on of
your days and “bookmark” important events, but also train the cameras
to feed you information about your surroundings based on QR codes or
possibly eventually object recognition; think of it as augmented aural
reality triggered by giving a passing glance.”
- Deja vu has been studied in a lab setting, and we reap the benefits of their findings. Still, I’m wondering if it’s not caused by something having to do with dreams … nevertheless we’ll eventually get to the bottom of this.
- Are you a Ghost in the Shell? Because this is something I’m very interested in from both personal and research points of view, you’ll be seeing more of this. This is a great article explaining the movie, the concept, and the question of whether we are more or less than the avatars we represent to the outside world.
And by the way, if you get this, you’re a geek. If someone doesn’t do it first, I’m making a teeshirt.
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