Nick, I believe your attitude is very wrong. If scientists had that kind of attitude, nothing would have been invented, not even the wheel...LOL If you want to see what scientists (not laymen like me) are working on, just take a look at this long article http://www. eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=51200440 This sounds like pure sci-fi to me, but experts say this, not Captain Kirk. I strongly recommend this reading to anyone with an open mind. These exciting things may be feasible for our children, or maybe even for us. Regards Fran >----Messaggio originale---- >Da: nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Data: 12-mag-2006 4.00 PM >A: "optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<optacon-l@freelists. org> >Ogg: Re: R: Re: a wish list > >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: > ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Data: 12-mag-2006 7.04 AM > >A: <optacon- > l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Ogg: Re: a wish list > > > >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. 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