Re: R: Re: a wish list
- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 09:00:33 -0500
Ah, but he had a communications link which allowed him to talk to an AI far
beyond anything we have today, with respect to it's ability to extrapolate
about
what the end-user wanted to know getting beyong coloquial language Etc.
Wishful thinking is fine, but fairly useless unless specific design criteria
and
engineering parameters can be delineated.
Nick
On Fri, 12 May 2006 14:30:22 +0100 (GMT+01:00), Francesca Diodati wrote:
Yes that was fun but let's not laugh too much at ideas which sound sci-
fi now but may well be feasible in 20 years...I'm only 35 yest I've
witnessed changes in technology which as a child would have sounded as
crazy as Star Trek's transporter. And BTW, sometimes reality even goes
beyond fiction. Not even Captain Kirk had a lap top!! LOL
Fran
>Da:
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>Data: 12-mag-2006 7.04 AM
>A: <optacon-
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>Ogg: Re: a wish list
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>Well, well, well!! What a
wonderful sci-fi idea this would be ... right up
>there with the Star
Trek transformer!! Beam me up, Scotty!! Thanks for the
>howling good
laugh!!
>
>Linda G.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David
Arocho" <darocho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent:
Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:32 PM
>Subject: RE: a wish list
>
>
>> All
right: now that we are getting into science fiction here is my wish:
>>
The Optacon 20,0006 consists of a glove electronically and digitally
>>
enabled, so that you simply put the glove on and arrays on you finger
tips
>> will allow you to put your hand on a page of print, or a
computer
>> holograph,
>> and you read the information, feel the
characters and drawings. This
>> Optacon comes in a variety of styles,
colors and materials. One accessory
>> plugs right into your brain's
visual cortex so that you can bypass the
>> hand.
>>
>> Wait! By
20,006 this Optacon will be obsolete, because they have gotten
>> the
>> hang of growing eyeballs and optic nerves in your head. Oh well, it
was a
>> good idea while it lasted.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:optacon-l-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Westmoreland, J. R.
>> Sent:
Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:09 PM
>> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
Subject: RE: a wish list
>>
>>
>> I suspect that one could get
something down to as small as the current
>> CRT lens that would
include camera and array with communications
>> support.
>> The one
disadvantage that I can see right off is the possibility of a
>>
battery in both units.=20
>>
>> =46or me a big advantage would be the
ability of being able to hold
>> something, package ..., in the other
hand.
>>
>> J. R.
>> =20
>>
>>
>>
----------------------------------------
>> J. R. Westmoreland
>>
PacifiCorp I/T Telecom Network Support
>> Phone: (801) 220-4784
>>
Email: jr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> =20
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
=46rom: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:optacon-l-
bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>> Sent: Thursday, May
11, 2006 11:03 AM
>> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: RE: a wish
list
>>
>> I would prefer the two-handed approach as the camera could
be made
>> smaller and thus susceptible of finer movements than one
could
>> accomplish with a one-piece unit.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Thu, 11
May 2006, Dave Godfrey wrote:
>>
>>> Just a thought on a new design for
Mark 3 ...
>>>
>>> Instead of a two handed approach to reading, with
the camera in one=20
>>> hand and the other on the array...
>>> What if
the camera and array were combined on the same module=3F
>>> The idea
is to make something more portable that only uses one hand to
>>
>>>
hold a module that incorporates both the camera and the array. The=20
>>> electronics that does the processing could have a Bluetooth
connection
>>
>>> and be kept in your pocket, so that the only thing
you have in your=20
>>> hand, or even strapped to your reading finger
is the Optacon's eye and
>> array.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>>
Dave Godfrey
>>>
>>>
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