[lkijuhyghjm]

Obligatory Hitchhikers quote:

"For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive — you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same programme."

[patrickk]

Life imitating art and vice versa.

Sci-Fi has a great influence in developing new technology, as it's a great source of ideas. Take the moon landing as an example.

To follow on from the quote you gave above, the next stage is thought-control of machines. It's got it's own difficulties too though - it's very difficult to clear your mind to the degree necessary to control things:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyrd0uOuyms

[rbanffy]

> Life imitating art and vice versa.

Am I the only one that finds it tremendously amusing when life imitates comedy?

[misuba]

I wonder, how difficult would it be to detect whether a user of some sort of brain interface simply is or is not irritated by the particular on-screen thing s/he is looking at?