I know they said something about the Matrix for the PS2, but I didn't think they were seriously looking into this. Seriously, this is some crazy stuff, although this kind of gives you an idea on how easy it is to get a patent. Stupid Immersion case...
Oops, forgot link: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12780383-13762,00.html Must be a glitch in the system or something.
The patent - based only on a theory, not on any invention - marks the first step towards a "real-life Matrix" ______
You never know, it can happen. Heck, for my senior project, me and my partner are able to make a motor move left or right (haven't perfected it yet, works 90% of the time) with the movements of our eye. This is from two engineer students that haven't even graduated yet, imagine what a couple seasoned veteran engineers can do.
If the only way to get out is to hear the phone ring, I'll pass, I hate that noise. On the other hand if I had to have sex to get out we could talk.
This reminds me more of that movie "Strange Days" where the could record a conscious experience, like a VCR and then play it back for another person when they wore the device. Anyone remember that movie?
I was wondering the same thing I would like to patent instantaneous teleportation and Phasers while we at it Rocket River
I remember it too, although only vaguely. From what I can remember, it seemed pretty cool. The PTO system is a joke. Maybe Sony sees this as revenge considering all the cases they lost to Immersion, which was based on a patent that should have never made it through, IMO. FWIW, it looks like this is the patent: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph...18".PGNR.&OS=DN/20040267118&RS=DN/20040267118
Ahhh...something about my field of work. If this works, it has wonderful potential for applications in the medical field. Here's the original article in the New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18624944.600 The published patent application posted above is actually a continuation from an issued application: U.S. Patent No. 6,536,440 For the EE buffs out there, the primary independent claim states 1. A non-invasive system for projecting sensory data in a part of a human brain, the system comprising: a primary transducer array configured to emit acoustic energy as a coherent signal source toward the human brain; a secondary transducer array positioned between the primary transducer array and the human brain; and a sensory data processing system coupled to the secondary transducer array, wherein the sensory data processing system sends an acoustical pattern signal to the secondary transducer array, the secondary transducer array producing a diffraction pattern for the emitted energy from the primary transducer array, the diffraction pattern altering neural firing timing in the brain. The patent descibes a non-invasive pulsed ultrasonic signal that alters the neural firing timing in the cortex. Changes in the neural firing timing induce various sensory experiences, depending on the location of the firing timing change in the cortex. The system induces recognizable sensory experiences by applying ultrasonic energy pulsed at low frequency in one or more selected patterns on one or more selected locations of the cortex. The result, at least Sony asserts, is that moving images, tastes and sounds can be transmitted directly through the brain, potentially giving blind or deaf people the chance to see or hear.
