A few month back Ed Caggiani had brought this futuristic idea:
In this day and age, technology is designed to make our lives simpler. We no longer need to pull over to a rest area to use a payphone. Paper maps are quickly becoming a thing of the past. We can now carry thousands of books with us without requiring years of weight training. The devices we carry with us every day are rapidly becoming indispensable.
So this is why we freak out when we suddenly don’t have access to our smartphones, either through damage or loss. This single point of failure is why we have a growing market of protective phone cases,insurance, and remote wipe software. How can we guarantee we’ll never lose or break our phones? Only one way I see…remove the device from the equation.
If there was no physical device we had to keep track of, there would obviously be no fear of losing it. But the device is what gives us the power to do all those wonderful things. So what if we natively had the same abilities our smartphones have without having to carry anything around? Enter the Android Brain Implant™ (ABI).
Navigation
Imagine a world where you had the power to get directions while driving just by thinking it. The little GPS voice would be in your head telling you exactly when to turn, and no one else would hear it. Your vision would suddenly contain a heads-up-display (HUD) with street names and arrows. Even traffic information could be displayed and you’d never have to take your eyes off the road.
Search
I would like to just think the words “Search: Who invented White-Out?” and automatically know the answer (Bette Nesmith Graham, mother of Monkees guitarist Michael Nesmith). Today, when we need to find an answer to anything, we immediately reach for our smartphones. Barroom debates end early when information is accessible quickly. But taking your phone out at a beer garden doesn’t always end up being a good idea. Beer is spilled, phones are dropped, or phones are accidentally left behind and sold to blog sites (zing!).
But if everyone just knew the answers, or at least had the ability to find the answers just by asking our Android Brain Implant™, we’d simply continue our conversations with no worries. As a matter of fact, our conversations would take on a whole new dimension since everyone would have immediate access to information, essentially making us all super smart. Sure, our current smartphones provide that access, but how often do we actually put it to good use? Just the physical act of having to take it out, perform a search, and parse the results is enough of a barrier that it is only done when absolutely necessary.
Wireless Networking
Of course, the Android Brain Implant™ would need to have wireless access to the Internet at all times, as well as a personal handshake mechanism to be able to connect with other folks with the ABI installed. Easily exchange contact info by fist-bumping. Send a mental text by looking at someone and selecting “mental text” from the augmented reality HUD that pops up whenever you see people you recognize. It’s like you’re RoboCop… and we all know you’ve always wanted to be RoboCop. Who hasn’t?
The one thing we’ll have to work out is the whole carrier situation. To make the commitment to get the technology implanted, I would have to be certain that I would not incur any “mind wandering” fees or “mental overage” charges, not to mention being throttled if we think too much. Who would you trust as the service provider for your own head?
Of course the advertising writes itself: “Sprint a Head”, “Verizon – Rule the Hair”, and “AT&T – Your World, Delivered… To Your Head.” Yeah, AT&T is not that creative.
Camera
Nothing is higher resolution than our own eyes. I want the ability to snap a picture of what I am looking at, including what is in focus and what is in my peripheral vision. Make it a panoramic of my entire field of vision. Save the images from both eyes to get a 3D picture. And save it all automatically to my PicasaHead account, hosted on Google++ (the extra plus is for those who are “augmented” with the ABI).
Gaming
Imagine how cool games on the ABI could be. It would make Xbox Kinect games seem like Pong. Our entire bodies can act as sensors feeding our ABI the data it needs to control the games. Controllers would truly be a thing of the past. A boxing game would be so real we could even feel the punches. Why not? We’re tied into our brain so it’s as simple as stimulating the right spot to simulate the sense of touch… or punch.
Remember Star Trek’s Holodeck? Crap. This is a holodeck IN YOUR FREAKIN’ HEAD. No special room required. Multiplayer games would take on a whole new meaning, connecting to others on a much deeper level. Which brings us to the next point…
P@rn
Steve Jobs said that “folks who want porn can buy an Android phone.” I would now amend that to “folks who want to be IN a porn can buy an Android Brain Implant™.” I won’t go into morality or anything like that, but people are people. In a world where VHS beat out Betamax because you could only get porn on VHS, I would say this would be a huge selling point. An Apple Brain Implant would probably force you to submit your thoughts to Apple for curation and only the thoughts it deemed appropriate would provide results.
The image below shows just how real porn can be using the ABI. I bet you want one now, huh?
Schedules, Tasks, Alarms
One of the most common uses of a smartphone is to keep us organized and on time. We depend on calendar reminders and alarms, and we keep track of everything we need to do. This is the bread and butter of smartphones. The ABI would obviously be able to do all these things just by thinking the correct phrases.
For example, I could think “Abbey,” I’ve named my ABI Abbey for obvious reasons, “set alarm for 7AM tomorrow and wake me up to the sounds of the rainforest.” I would then get woken up exactly at 7 by an internal recording of loggers and chainsaws. Hmm, didn’t think that one through. Next time I’ll try whale songs.
Conclusion
By now, it should be obvious that the Android Brain Implant™ needs to become a reality. Besides being practical, it’s just as cool as it gets. Just make sure you get the Nexus model, otherwise you’ll have to wait a long time for updates and you’ll have a manufacturer skin applied. For some reason, I just don’t want MotoBlur or TouchWiz inside me.
Technology is a flowing sector...nothing is impossible here. So Android Brain Implant? Why Not!!
Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/92416-why-i-want-an-android-brain-implant/#.T3l80PAtiIo
A few month back Ed Caggiani had brought this futuristic idea:
In this day and age, technology is designed to make our lives simpler. We no longer need to pull over to a rest area to use a payphone. Paper maps are quickly becoming a thing of the past. We can now carry thousands of books with us without requiring years of weight training. The devices we carry with us every day are rapidly becoming indispensable.
So this is why we freak out when we suddenly don’t have access to our smartphones, either through damage or loss. This single point of failure is why we have a growing market of protective phone cases,insurance, and remote wipe software. How can we guarantee we’ll never lose or break our phones? Only one way I see…remove the device from the equation.
If there was no physical device we had to keep track of, there would obviously be no fear of losing it. But the device is what gives us the power to do all those wonderful things. So what if we natively had the same abilities our smartphones have without having to carry anything around? Enter the Android Brain Implant™ (ABI).
Navigation
Imagine a world where you had the power to get directions while driving just by thinking it. The little GPS voice would be in your head telling you exactly when to turn, and no one else would hear it. Your vision would suddenly contain a heads-up-display (HUD) with street names and arrows. Even traffic information could be displayed and you’d never have to take your eyes off the road.
Search
I would like to just think the words “Search: Who invented White-Out?” and automatically know the answer (Bette Nesmith Graham, mother of Monkees guitarist Michael Nesmith). Today, when we need to find an answer to anything, we immediately reach for our smartphones. Barroom debates end early when information is accessible quickly. But taking your phone out at a beer garden doesn’t always end up being a good idea. Beer is spilled, phones are dropped, or phones are accidentally left behind and sold to blog sites (zing!).
But if everyone just knew the answers, or at least had the ability to find the answers just by asking our Android Brain Implant™, we’d simply continue our conversations with no worries. As a matter of fact, our conversations would take on a whole new dimension since everyone would have immediate access to information, essentially making us all super smart. Sure, our current smartphones provide that access, but how often do we actually put it to good use? Just the physical act of having to take it out, perform a search, and parse the results is enough of a barrier that it is only done when absolutely necessary.
Wireless Networking
Of course, the Android Brain Implant™ would need to have wireless access to the Internet at all times, as well as a personal handshake mechanism to be able to connect with other folks with the ABI installed. Easily exchange contact info by fist-bumping. Send a mental text by looking at someone and selecting “mental text” from the augmented reality HUD that pops up whenever you see people you recognize. It’s like you’re RoboCop… and we all know you’ve always wanted to be RoboCop. Who hasn’t?
The one thing we’ll have to work out is the whole carrier situation. To make the commitment to get the technology implanted, I would have to be certain that I would not incur any “mind wandering” fees or “mental overage” charges, not to mention being throttled if we think too much. Who would you trust as the service provider for your own head?
Of course the advertising writes itself: “Sprint a Head”, “Verizon – Rule the Hair”, and “AT&T – Your World, Delivered… To Your Head.” Yeah, AT&T is not that creative.
Camera
Nothing is higher resolution than our own eyes. I want the ability to snap a picture of what I am looking at, including what is in focus and what is in my peripheral vision. Make it a panoramic of my entire field of vision. Save the images from both eyes to get a 3D picture. And save it all automatically to my PicasaHead account, hosted on Google++ (the extra plus is for those who are “augmented” with the ABI).
Gaming
Imagine how cool games on the ABI could be. It would make Xbox Kinect games seem like Pong. Our entire bodies can act as sensors feeding our ABI the data it needs to control the games. Controllers would truly be a thing of the past. A boxing game would be so real we could even feel the punches. Why not? We’re tied into our brain so it’s as simple as stimulating the right spot to simulate the sense of touch… or punch.
Remember Star Trek’s Holodeck? Crap. This is a holodeck IN YOUR FREAKIN’ HEAD. No special room required. Multiplayer games would take on a whole new meaning, connecting to others on a much deeper level. Which brings us to the next point…
P@rn
Steve Jobs said that “folks who want porn can buy an Android phone.” I would now amend that to “folks who want to be IN a porn can buy an Android Brain Implant™.” I won’t go into morality or anything like that, but people are people. In a world where VHS beat out Betamax because you could only get porn on VHS, I would say this would be a huge selling point. An Apple Brain Implant would probably force you to submit your thoughts to Apple for curation and only the thoughts it deemed appropriate would provide results.
The image below shows just how real porn can be using the ABI. I bet you want one now, huh?
Schedules, Tasks, Alarms
One of the most common uses of a smartphone is to keep us organized and on time. We depend on calendar reminders and alarms, and we keep track of everything we need to do. This is the bread and butter of smartphones. The ABI would obviously be able to do all these things just by thinking the correct phrases.
For example, I could think “Abbey,” I’ve named my ABI Abbey for obvious reasons, “set alarm for 7AM tomorrow and wake me up to the sounds of the rainforest.” I would then get woken up exactly at 7 by an internal recording of loggers and chainsaws. Hmm, didn’t think that one through. Next time I’ll try whale songs.
Conclusion
By now, it should be obvious that the Android Brain Implant™ needs to become a reality. Besides being practical, it’s just as cool as it gets. Just make sure you get the Nexus model, otherwise you’ll have to wait a long time for updates and you’ll have a manufacturer skin applied. For some reason, I just don’t want MotoBlur or TouchWiz inside me.
Technology is a flowing sector...nothing is impossible here. So Android Brain Implant? Why Not!!
Source: http://www.talkandroid.com/92416-why-i-want-an-android-brain-implant/#.T3l80PAtiIo
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