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What if software could steer a car back on track if the driver swerves on ice? Or guide a prosthesis to help a shaky stroke patient smoothly lift a cup?
Bioengineers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a mathematical algorithm that can "see" your intention while performing an ordinary action like reaching for a cup or driving straight up a road — even if the action is interrupted.
The original article can be found online at the UIC News Center, and the original study can be found in the journal PLOS ONE.
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‘Psychic Robot’ Will Know What You Really Meant to Do
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Grelb's Reminder:
Eighty percent of all people consider themselves to be above
average drivers.
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday October 27 2015, @01:41PM
Insert standard observation that pr0n always premiers new high tech.
One caution is extensive computer UI experience shows that predictive / adaptive menus and other UI components are a disaster... we're spatial analysis experts and Fing around with our mental map causes an implosion in productivity. Likewise I suspect people will get really tired of fighting someone else's exoskeleton when they should really be bonding with the thing as their own. The pr0n application is you're going to inevitably have predictive robots saying the frat boy line of "you know you want it" as the girl screams "no" and tries to get away. So I'm suspecting there will be some interesting legal / moral / ethical issues with "psychic robots" and their inevitable application to pr0n.