if only IBM can make their softwares work without installing so many different agents and patches...
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IBM is one of the most stable companies in the worls when it comes to development, research, hardware, software.
they are an old company that still push for innovation till date, and all if you who think mind reading is far fetched need to go learn more about technology, technology changes daily, in fact there if 5+ things on tom alone every day, not to mention all the other robot,ai,medical,gaming,gadget sites i watch.
this technology is very plausable and ALREADY in human testing(nat geo), with success. albe it limited for now, its success none the less.
they are an old company that still push for innovation till date, and all if you who think mind reading is far fetched need to go learn more about technology, technology changes daily, in fact there if 5+ things on tom alone every day, not to mention all the other robot,ai,medical,gaming,gadget sites i watch.
this technology is very plausable and ALREADY in human testing(nat geo), with success. albe it limited for now, its success none the less.
[citation][nom]alidan[/nom]correct, look at the hybrid cars breaking, are you telling me there is nothing that could be passively added to the human body that would generate some amount of electricity. Running shoes some sort of shock absorbers in them is engineered right could generate electricity, applied to every type of shoe you might not treat as much as running shoes but it would create some electricity. There are a lot of things that capacity tree electricity just by our everyday movements it might not eat much but it might be enough to power wireless device.[/citation]
See Piezoelectricity (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectric )
See Piezoelectricity (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectric )
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the only mind reading device i know if is the mind mouse aka jedi mouse in this article
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Jedi-Mouse-Thought-Control-Brain,news-5899.html
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Jedi-Mouse-Thought-Control-Brain,news-5899.html
In terms of advertising I agree that a "companion" will never work. You will never be able to trust such a companion because it would rarely choose what is best for you, instead it will choose or present options that will make the most money for its advertisers. Hell, I don't even trust Google anymore. It's really difficult to find relevant hits on things that you want unless it is of a very well known brand or a celebrity. If you want to test the reliability of Google yourself I'll give you the following sample tasks:
* Find a place anywhere in the world that actually sells the 32GB version of the Samsung Galaxy SII.
* Find a replacement battery for your Sony Ericsson MW600 Bluetooth handsfree.
* Find anything that is not paid for with advertisement money
...
When it comes to energy I think it would be a nice thing if we could have our own little "Mr.Fusion" reactor in the backyard. So it would be viable that we start to produce at least a part of what we consume. Heat can be extracted from the ground using geothermal energy, we have the sun, wind and water. Energy from such sources could be invested into through a collective effort among a small community of local neighbours.
Something I think is worth thinking about is that every person can collect energy by say gathering firewood in the trunks but that requires an effort and effort is money and that money is instead spent on other means to extract energy. So a fair price for such energy should be compared to the effort of gathering wood in the forest. Of course if everyone where gathering wood in the forest, we would most likely end up with no forest but that's another story...
Another idea that I have is regarding non-fossil fuel. There already have been reports on how "ethanol" plantations have lowered the supply of other commodities such as crops. The amount of land that can yield crops is limited and with pollutants affecting the environment such as the RoundUp pesticide that has been blamed for the mysterious bee death this amount is not likely to increase. As we know bees are crucial for growing fruit and other crops so the outlook for using crops as an energy source is rather bleak right now.
However, when we look at the sea, the sea comprises of at least 2/3 of the surface of the earth and it would be excellent if we could use this surface as growing fields for energy, also large portions of the earth contain land that is not suitable for crops such as deserts. So on the sea one could grow fatty algea that could be used for fuel. This algea could be grown in floating artificial lagoons covering large areas of the sea, in the desert such algea could be grown in sealed tanks that gather solar energy. From this algea one can extract fuels such as Methanol (for fuel cell applications), ecopar/biopar (Fischer-Tropsch diesel which is a synthetic diesel fuel that is cleaner than conventional diesel fuel and yet has a higher cetane number) or DME (DiMethylEther which is a fuel that can be used in modified diesel engines, engines running on DME has lower emissions than conventional diesels).
So in short, if we can pull this off we can grow energy without affecting our supplies of other commodities. Research is already done on the above mentioned alternatives and the chemical processes for extracting the above mentioned fuels from fats and oils are already well known.
* Find a place anywhere in the world that actually sells the 32GB version of the Samsung Galaxy SII.
* Find a replacement battery for your Sony Ericsson MW600 Bluetooth handsfree.
* Find anything that is not paid for with advertisement money
...
When it comes to energy I think it would be a nice thing if we could have our own little "Mr.Fusion" reactor in the backyard. So it would be viable that we start to produce at least a part of what we consume. Heat can be extracted from the ground using geothermal energy, we have the sun, wind and water. Energy from such sources could be invested into through a collective effort among a small community of local neighbours.
Something I think is worth thinking about is that every person can collect energy by say gathering firewood in the trunks but that requires an effort and effort is money and that money is instead spent on other means to extract energy. So a fair price for such energy should be compared to the effort of gathering wood in the forest. Of course if everyone where gathering wood in the forest, we would most likely end up with no forest but that's another story...
Another idea that I have is regarding non-fossil fuel. There already have been reports on how "ethanol" plantations have lowered the supply of other commodities such as crops. The amount of land that can yield crops is limited and with pollutants affecting the environment such as the RoundUp pesticide that has been blamed for the mysterious bee death this amount is not likely to increase. As we know bees are crucial for growing fruit and other crops so the outlook for using crops as an energy source is rather bleak right now.
However, when we look at the sea, the sea comprises of at least 2/3 of the surface of the earth and it would be excellent if we could use this surface as growing fields for energy, also large portions of the earth contain land that is not suitable for crops such as deserts. So on the sea one could grow fatty algea that could be used for fuel. This algea could be grown in floating artificial lagoons covering large areas of the sea, in the desert such algea could be grown in sealed tanks that gather solar energy. From this algea one can extract fuels such as Methanol (for fuel cell applications), ecopar/biopar (Fischer-Tropsch diesel which is a synthetic diesel fuel that is cleaner than conventional diesel fuel and yet has a higher cetane number) or DME (DiMethylEther which is a fuel that can be used in modified diesel engines, engines running on DME has lower emissions than conventional diesels).
So in short, if we can pull this off we can grow energy without affecting our supplies of other commodities. Research is already done on the above mentioned alternatives and the chemical processes for extracting the above mentioned fuels from fats and oils are already well known.
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"People power will come to life"
Generating Energy from the shoes or the bike... yeah.
Seriously ?
If people would actually move their butts we would not have 60% obesity in US adults.
I ride the bike to the library twice a week here in Florida (2.5 miles, door-to-door actually faster than driving). You know how many 'walkers' or other bikes I meet (not counting the homeless) ?
Maybe 1 or 2 a week. Let's face it, most Americans would drive from the living room to the fridge if they could park in the kitchen 🙂
Generating Energy from the shoes or the bike... yeah.
Seriously ?
If people would actually move their butts we would not have 60% obesity in US adults.
I ride the bike to the library twice a week here in Florida (2.5 miles, door-to-door actually faster than driving). You know how many 'walkers' or other bikes I meet (not counting the homeless) ?
Maybe 1 or 2 a week. Let's face it, most Americans would drive from the living room to the fridge if they could park in the kitchen 🙂
The power thing is totally feasible. Even Telsa created wireless energy practically 100 years ago, and said that there's energy untapped all around us and wanted to provide humanity with it free of charge. The technology didn't stop him, greed and corruption did. There's no way we'll ever see free energy in our lifetimes as long as big oil is still in power.
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I think it's funny that so many people are complaining about the conservation of energy law. They really aren't seeing the bigger picture.
Yes, there is no such thing as FREE energy - however, there is PLENTY of potential energy in the world just wasted and unused.
Example - You are already using energy to bend the fabric in your clothes. So REPLACE the threads of your jeans with tiny generators that produce energy as they bend. Sure a single "gen-thread" (as I just made up) may only produce .0001 amps of power - but when combined with all the other threads in your pants, might give you enough power to connect a USB plug in pocket to your cell phone to keep it charged while you walk around your office, or bike to work.
Your favorite rocking chair in your house absorbs/wastes energy in the spring as your rock. You are already rocking, so replace the spring with a small generator. You are still getting your resistance you need enabling you to rock, but generating power at the same time. This ties into my next one:
When you run water down the drain, the falling water through the pipes is wasted energy. Place tiny water-wheel style generators on your drainage pipes going from upper floors to ground level. You aren't using any additional energy because you already needed to get the water up to those floors to begin with - however you are simply taking advantage of the wasted energy as a result of the falling water.
Now - every power outlet in your house will have an extra plug. Your standard OUT Plugs (providing power to your electronic equipment), and one for in (accepting power from all of these little Potential Energy Generators around your house like the rocking chair and the water pipes). The In-plug then sends the power to a household battery in your utility closet to store it until it's needed. Sure this wont be enough power to completely get rid of your need for the electric company (You'd have to rock pretty fiercely to watch a blue-ray movie on your 50" TV in 7.1 True-HD surround Sound) - but it'd help with a bill a little bit.
My point is - Anyone spouting "this wouldn't work because of conservation of energy law" isn't thinking hard enough, and I'm glad you aren't our top minds trying to solve our energy needs - you people gave up before even starting.
Yes, there is no such thing as FREE energy - however, there is PLENTY of potential energy in the world just wasted and unused.
Example - You are already using energy to bend the fabric in your clothes. So REPLACE the threads of your jeans with tiny generators that produce energy as they bend. Sure a single "gen-thread" (as I just made up) may only produce .0001 amps of power - but when combined with all the other threads in your pants, might give you enough power to connect a USB plug in pocket to your cell phone to keep it charged while you walk around your office, or bike to work.
Your favorite rocking chair in your house absorbs/wastes energy in the spring as your rock. You are already rocking, so replace the spring with a small generator. You are still getting your resistance you need enabling you to rock, but generating power at the same time. This ties into my next one:
When you run water down the drain, the falling water through the pipes is wasted energy. Place tiny water-wheel style generators on your drainage pipes going from upper floors to ground level. You aren't using any additional energy because you already needed to get the water up to those floors to begin with - however you are simply taking advantage of the wasted energy as a result of the falling water.
Now - every power outlet in your house will have an extra plug. Your standard OUT Plugs (providing power to your electronic equipment), and one for in (accepting power from all of these little Potential Energy Generators around your house like the rocking chair and the water pipes). The In-plug then sends the power to a household battery in your utility closet to store it until it's needed. Sure this wont be enough power to completely get rid of your need for the electric company (You'd have to rock pretty fiercely to watch a blue-ray movie on your 50" TV in 7.1 True-HD surround Sound) - but it'd help with a bill a little bit.
My point is - Anyone spouting "this wouldn't work because of conservation of energy law" isn't thinking hard enough, and I'm glad you aren't our top minds trying to solve our energy needs - you people gave up before even starting.
P.S. - yes I know someones going to complain about my use of the term "potential energy" and where I probably should have used "kinetic energy" - but you got my point.
Also, I'm on my way to the patent office right now to patent some of these ideas as well as a few more I have just thought up - so don't bother stealing them.
Also, I'm on my way to the patent office right now to patent some of these ideas as well as a few more I have just thought up - so don't bother stealing them.
#1 Robots will become self-aware.
This was really the #1 reason but the PR people at IBM thought it might be a bad idea to let that cat outta the bag...
This was really the #1 reason but the PR people at IBM thought it might be a bad idea to let that cat outta the bag...
"If people would actually move their butts we would not have 60% obesity in US adults.
I ride the bike to the library twice a week here in Florida (2.5 miles, door-to-door actually faster than driving). You know how many 'walkers' or other bikes I meet (not counting the homeless) ?
Maybe 1 or 2 a week. Let's face it, most Americans would drive from the living room to the fridge if they could park in the kitchen 🙂"
So, your saying, with our present economic conditions and future outlook, we should harness the homeless as a potentially endless supply of energy?
I ride the bike to the library twice a week here in Florida (2.5 miles, door-to-door actually faster than driving). You know how many 'walkers' or other bikes I meet (not counting the homeless) ?
Maybe 1 or 2 a week. Let's face it, most Americans would drive from the living room to the fridge if they could park in the kitchen 🙂"
So, your saying, with our present economic conditions and future outlook, we should harness the homeless as a potentially endless supply of energy?
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[citation][nom]IR-ROBOT[/nom]#1 Robots will become self-aware.This was really the #1 reason but the PR people at IBM thought it might be a bad idea to let that cat outta the bag...[/citation]
Already done. Google's self driven cars are a prime example of AI that is both aware of not only its surroundings, but also how it fits into its surroundings. If that isn't self aware I don't know what is.
Already done. Google's self driven cars are a prime example of AI that is both aware of not only its surroundings, but also how it fits into its surroundings. If that isn't self aware I don't know what is.
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[citation][nom]target3[/nom]coming from a man who can't draw a circle...[/citation]
I didn't get that far in the video. When they introduced the idea that my bicycle might be used to power a light bulb in my house I stopped it. It was just too stupid at that point.
I didn't get that far in the video. When they introduced the idea that my bicycle might be used to power a light bulb in my house I stopped it. It was just too stupid at that point.
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[citation][nom]Classzero[/nom]Fixed that for you.[/citation]
You may have, but you forgot his spelling error, which I am sure people here besides me noticed. The chosen word for bull-crappers has two T's in it.
You may have, but you forgot his spelling error, which I am sure people here besides me noticed. The chosen word for bull-crappers has two T's in it.
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Government could make energy cheaper tomorrow but they wont because they need to wait for the big corporations to first position themselves in the best place.
You think we'll stop buying oil and gas from the bastards when green energy becomes more common - no. You'll just buy a different energy, but from the same people...and here we were thinking the wind the sea and the sun were free ha ha ha [sounds of lightning and evil laughter from Saudi Arabia]
You think we'll stop buying oil and gas from the bastards when green energy becomes more common - no. You'll just buy a different energy, but from the same people...and here we were thinking the wind the sea and the sun were free ha ha ha [sounds of lightning and evil laughter from Saudi Arabia]
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