Imagine taking charge of your hero of choice in your favourite FPS only by the slightest touch of a thought. Then in some intense shoot-out fire off a round of burning missiles just by concentrating.

 This is a very logical successor of the handheld controllers we have had for some time now. And it’s probably going to be less than perfect in the beginning, but with developer packs and some enthusiasm, this is going to transform the way we all interact with computers, games, and social newtorks!

From the Emotiv Systems website:

“Project Epoc is a headset that uses a set of sensors to tune into electric signals naturally produced by the brain to detect player thoughts, feelings and expression. It connects wirelessly with all game platforms from consoles to PCs. Project Epoc now makes it possible for games to be controlled and influenced by the player’s mind. “

Spiffy! Now.. What does it look like?

Here’s a picture and a link to the source! From the excellent Haklab‘s Flickr photostream

Here’s a preview for you!

From the Nasa site:

“Between the blinding light of day and the dark of night, there is a strip of twilight on the globe where colorful details in the atmosphere can be seen. Bright clouds dot the bluish-grey northern polar region here. In the south, the planet’s night side glows golden in reflected light from the rings’ sunlit face. “

Beautiful!

From the Times Online:

“Scientists involved in the 15-year experiment — smashing particles together at high speed — could bring new knowledge to the secrets of the universe, such as the possible existence of multiple dimensions. “

To celebrate the blog seems to have put on a new outfit!

Happiness!

 ”To counter these new threats, technology exists, or could be developed, to provide new levels of spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution and diversity. Furthermore, the ability to record terabyte and larger databases will provide an omnipresent knowledge of the present and the past that can be used to rewind battle space observations in TiVo-like fashion and to run recorded time backwards to help identify and locate even low-level enemy forces. For example, after a car bomb detonates, one would have the ability to play high-resolution data backward in time to follows the vehicle back to the source, and then use that knowledge to focus collection and gain additional information by organizing and searching through archived data.“

Here’s a direct link to the report. Read and get with the programme. A new time is coming, not too soon, we can all hope!

Check out this hillarious (but sadly, true) story covered by amongst others, wired magazine.

From slashdot’s report they also link to these Experimental Networking Protocols, using these new robotic flying critters.

The first one is named: A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers

And the other one: IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service

Check it out!

Good actors and good director too i guess, but can this really be a StarTrek movie with any credibility? I sure hope so!

The ScienceDaily writes about a new hand held device to analyze chemical components anywhere, i.e. outside a lab. It’s kind of like the tricorder in StarTrek.. Or at least it tries to be.. Have a look!

Scientists Invent Real-life ‘Tricorder’ For Chemical Analysis

After you have read up on that.. Take a look at D-Wave Systems on wikipedia!

Now you should have a basic understanding about the future of quantum computing. Stay on it! More to come!