You 2.0

An upgraded version of You might incorporate—literally incorporate—access to augmented reality overlays, a direct brain to Internet connection, and LED (light-emitting diode) tattoos.

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Posted by Giulio Prisco  on  11/27  at  03:03 PM

Now all we have to do is figure out what the downsides might be, and how to avoid them.

Or perhaps we can just enjoy the thought for a little while, instead of thinking immediately of the downsides. It is bad for the liver you know.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  11/27  at  05:31 PM

Not to mention sending feedback to the net just by seeing/thinking ......
eg...
** Microsoft is working on Tagging Images with Your Mind - http://bit.ly/4tMgWj

on HMD stuff checkout this demo..
Craig Kapp, has a working HMD unit with the Vuzix VR920 model and the ARCam - http://bit.ly/4Njoc2

Not quite this augmented reality gaming demo , but tech is coming closer...... http://bit.ly/8dVtkl

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  11/28  at  10:22 AM

Oh, joy. Programmable tramp stamps. Does our society really need those?

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  11/28  at  08:46 PM

"Now all we have to do is figure out what the downsides might be, and how to avoid them. "

Avid readers of IEET have seen many such possible downsides in the articles and/or comments.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  11/30  at  02:24 PM

It would be interesting to see some serious applications for this kind of technology such as with disabilities of blindness and possible uses concerning Cross-modal plasticity. Even with limited complexities it proposes some interesting possibilities of converting visual information, such as objects, landmarks, obstacles, face recognition etc. directly to hearing, and may even provide an option for the replacement of guide dogs for the blind?

I guess that not many folks noticed your insertion in the picture of the registered sex offender who drinks coke! Just one of the many dangers of misuse and of human rights violations that these technologies would be open to – if we permit it to happen? And do we really need to turn the TV off with our minds? Do we need to be engulfed with useless trivial information – that is profitable for an advertiser to send and display to sell you something, …always to sell you "some thing!"

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  12/10  at  07:15 PM

I had a character in a science fiction story I wrote reject the idea of an internal internet connection as security headache and a likely waste of time. She uses a smartphone instead. She does have an HUD that gives a readout of radiation conditions. This is useful since she lives around works with living reactors.

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