Rant 448 / Tetris!

Alright, I have decided. I will not redeem anything from Lockerz on Friday, but the rest of my family will redeem two flash drives, aka USB Ports.












Mind-control is here. Not the sort that controls your mind, but the other type that allows your mind to control stuff. Mattel's latest toy called Mindflex allows you to fake telekinesis by processing your brainwaves and moving the toy accordingly.

Another such toy is the Star Wars Force Trainer. It's simpler but comes with a big name.

Already, Toyota has created a working version of a thought-control wheelchair suitable for people who have lost control of their body from the neck down. A company called Emotiv has been selling since last year the SDK headset which translates your thoughts into computer input. Didn't I mention this before? Playing games with your mind? Well, this is much less than what I had in mind, but it's a start.

Handphones are going to be a thing of the past soon. Combine this thought-control input with a holographic interface and what do you get? I think very soon, instead of taking out a mobile phone we'll be thinking "On!" and a 3D hologram will appear on your glasses that displays a simple menu which includes stuff like emails, text messages and phone numbers (if they still call it that). Then a user would think of a number which would activate a certain option set to that number, and think "Up!" or "Down!" to scroll through the sub-menu.

All that would be in your spectacles, earrings or bracelet. Speaking of bracelet, maybe the menu could be projected on the forearm, especially for people who don't wear glasses.

Sci-fi is looking less sci-fi as time passes. My ideas are looking less outlandish at the same rate too. Someone should look into making a thought-controlled mobile phone. Maybe someone is already doing that right now!












http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/10/13/did-god-stop-cern-from-discovering-the-god-particle/

They say God is stopping the LHC. Fuck you! Why must it always be God? Why can't it be Allah, the Jade Emperor or Ra? For all we know, maybe it's Zeus who's stopping this machine!












An excellent Flash animation. I really like the part where he dodges all the Tetris blocks. Who says stick figures are crap? The video below is of extremely bad quality (out of sync and not smooth). For original quality, watch it on Newgrounds on this page. For the soundtrack, you can listen to it on Youtube or download it here.