Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Weird Science

8 comments:

rac said...

The Pentagon is also seriously researching this technology through DARPA. The future should be an interesting place indeed.

Dave said...

Beam me up Scotty...

Doug said...

Always interested in new and more innovative ways to blow stuff up.
Seriously though, does anyone else see just the teensiest problem with some aspects of cognitive & adaptive technology?
I mean, time was when the pretense of Terminator was so far fetched that it was just good science fiction.
Maybe it's just me but I would prefer my recliner not deciding to turn itself fairly randomly into a toaster oven or my 750mil bottle of Jack changing to a personal massager.
I know what some of you are thinking "Doug, as usual you're full of it" and while yes you'd be correct in that assessment, my theory is that the more we continue to push the envelope of technology for better living the more likely it becomes that humanity will sooner rather than later find itself back in the Stone Age.
The Chinese have a saying, "may you live in interesting times" and it is not meant as well wishes.
That and I'm still pissed I can't afford an I-Phone.

rac said...

The Jack Daniels analogy may not have been your strongest argument. Jack has been morphing objects since its inception. I know I've certainly had it turn an ugly girl into a raging beauty before.

juliet said...

hahaha Coyote Ugly. I kind of lost interest in a house hold chair made of tiny led balls.

Doug said...

RAC,
excellent point. Since I had one next to me on the end table it seemed to me at the time topical.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like good technology to me, but who is paying for it?

Doug said...

As in a majority of scientific research, either directly or through foundation grants, Uncle Sam.