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Sony makes direct sensory connection...

A2597A2597 Fanboy
in Zocalo v2.0
[url]http://www.pulse24.com/Business/Top_Story/20050407-001/page.asp[/url]

Wow...just Wow...Matrix here we come.

Comments

  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    sweet! that could be very cool! imagine playing something like KOTOR and you can actually smell and taste the environment! it might even be necessary to complete a level by relying on some of your 'virtual senses':cool:
  • croxiscroxis I am the walrus
    cybering will take on a whole new meaning......
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    I liked the health possibilities, allowing the blind to see? Deaf to hear?

    SWEET
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by croxis [/i]
    [B]cybering will take on a whole new meaning...... [/B][/QUOTE]

    Not to mention porn :D
  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    COOLNESS!!! :cool:
  • sleepy_shadowsleepy_shadow Ranger
    Ultrasound appears a rather doubtful carrier... but I wish them luck.

    Blind person to see properly? Permit me to express a bit of scepticism (ultrasound may fail to carry the necessary bandwidth of data)... but for a deaf person to hear... perhaps.

    And for a blind person to see *something* (better than nothing)? Perhaps indeed.

    And of course, ability for fine manipulation... creates hazards too. I am fairly certain that governments would be interested in finding a technique... to artificially manipulate the mood of detained persons (for example make someone irrationally trusting) to extract information.

    Of course, after technical means have created some equivalent of telepathy... countermeasures will arise from equally technical means.
  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    I wouldnt get too excited, this is whats called a 'crystal ball patent' which I think should be illegal/invalid.... they simply havent worked out some fundamental elements of this 'deisgn'... its probably going to be a long while before we get 'sim-senses' (to borrow from Sci-fi terms).
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I'm inclined to agree with SB. The patent sounds more like "hey, wouldn't it be cool if..." then "we've got this system which does this."
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    I wonder if a writer can claim copyright infringement if something written by them becomes the inspiration for a crystal ball patent?

    After all, the writer writes the idea down (thus gaining copyright - if it's not written down it isn't copyrighted), then someone else sees it and writes a patent with the same general idea. Since there is no physical device to base it on and instead it is a "crystal ball" patent then clearly it is purely an idea, which is copyright of the original author!

    Therefore I would think the patent itself violates copyright law since it is an idea, writen by another, and "copied."

    :D
  • sleepy_shadowsleepy_shadow Ranger
    If they lack a functioning demonstration device... it sounds a bit early for patenting.

    Should applying for a patent not *require* presenting a demonstration of concept? A demonstration of actual effort invested into creating something?

    (Or has patent law simply degraded low enough?)
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