[bcab] Re: Holodeck

Nigel

Sighted helpers are not always available, whereas the robot would be at the
touch of a button.

To the people who are complaining about this thread, the only thing they
need to do is delete messages they don't want to read.  This is just a bit
of fun started by Steve Plumpton, and why shouldn't we have fun on this list
as well as tackling the serious stuff.

Wendy 

-----Original Message-----
From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Nigel
Sent: 28 September 2006 18:23
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bcab] Re: Holodeck

Wendy,
For some one who does not like star trek you seem remarkably fond of science

fiction type robots.  However I am pleased to announce that the toy you want

is already in existence...  It's called a sighted helper.

Nigel
Any one seen the movie I Robot?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:15 AM
Subject: [bcab] Re: Holodeck


> Steve
>
> Me too, but it obviously does give people some brilliant ideas for the 
> wish
> list.
>
> I replied to you off list, but as we are all sharing our ideas, my big 
> wish
> is for a robot in the shape of a human which would take me anywhere, see
> what I want to see and tell me what it is.  It would save all the hassle 
> of
> fighting your way through crowds using a long cane, not being able to 
> browse
> round shops, failing to catch trains because you don't know where and when
> they are going from, etc, etc.  Maybe it could also read my screen when 
> the
> computer crashes or I can't find what I want on a site.  I am not 
> advocating
> total idleness here, in fact it would probably make me a lot more active
> than I am now, as the robot and I could go on walks every day without the
> fear of getting lost or run over - I live in quite a busy town.
>
> This is all great fun.
>
> Wendy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf
> Of Plumpton, Steve [BTCS]
> Sent: 28 September 2006 10:50
> To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bcab] Re: Holodeck
>
> Nick
>
> I thank god for the hours I've saved not watching that rubbish!
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 10:46 AM
> To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bcab] Re: Holodeck
>
> Steve, your obviously not a star trek fan.
>
> The idea of a holadec  is basically it's a big room which the characters
> can program to be anything. A complete multi sensory environment with so
> much artificial intelligence you can't tell who's real and who's not.
> Sorry to say I think we're probably just a few decades away from having
> anything remotely like this although virtual reality specks are sort of
> there with the hole vision thing so I here but they can't do touch or
> smell or full emersion.
>
> Cheers.
> Nick.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Plumpton, Steve [BTCS]
> Sent: 28 September 2006 09:59
> To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bcab] Holodeck
>
> Dave
>
> Can you tell us what you mean by a holodeck, I've never heard of this,
> don't know about anyone else!
>
> Steve
>
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