Mittwoch, Februar 08, 2006

Just a few nuggets

Here are the few golden URLs I found during these last hours:

NASA - Extension of the Human Senses they are at least doing something similar to what i have in mind, using electrodes on the neck or on the wrist to control machines. General information on attempts to develop no-touch electrodes in the clothing, but have not found specific information yet.

Wolfram Burgard - this guy is the inventor of Rhino, the famous robot from the museum in Bonn, and has recently written 2 books on algorithms etc for autonomous robots. has moved from Bonn to Freiburg in 99, what a pity!

Steve Grand as last resort

Did some internet research today on robotics and Man-Machine interfaces. Results were rather frustrating, no one seems to be on the same track like me.
So finally i came back to the old sources of inspiration, and voila: Steve Grand had posted some new reports in the meantime! Well, new is relative, it is already half a year old, but there i can see how long i have not checked out things due to my consultant job.

Business has picked up a lot recently, so if I dont watch out, I will never start to do what I really want to do. But now I have my resolutions, becoming forty this year, it is the now or never feeling that drives me forward.

So here is the link to Steve Grands latest stories and thoughts on how to simulate biological muscles with technology, to gain insight on how the brain works. Just off track a very useful hint on how to fight migraine, read it!

http://www.cyberlife-research.com/ , click on "Weblog" and scroll down to 28 April (must be 2005)