Archive for the 'Mind Amplification' Category

A Sound-based Joystick

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

The Vocal Joystick doesn’t rely primarily on speech recognition i.e. “move left” but rather continuous sounds to interact with computerized systems
The goal of this project is to develop a novel system that we call the Vocal Joystick (VJ). This device will enable individuals with motor impairments to use vocal parameters to control objects on a [...]

Location Oriented Software Development

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Another emerging practical use of the meshverse:
World View provides a location-oriented view of a software development project. It is built on Google Maps, and allows project managers and developers to see the inter-team relationships in a global project. A particular focus, again, is on visualizing conflicts, though future work includes other kinds of dependencies.
Side-by-Side [...]

Out of Body Through VR

Friday, August 24th, 2007

In a fascinating video, researchers
use virtual reality to give volunteers an out of body experience.
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
However, I think there’s much more to this than discussed. One research describes an out of body experience she’d had where she was flying over the city. It’s one thing for the brain [...]

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