This woman is crazy ...

[Thorium]

One issue I have is how people think the human brain is like a computer. Just because we made computers, we think the brain acts like them. Do we really have the audacity and arrogance to think we can create something as amazing as the human brain? No, I put forth the idea that a computer, while it emulates some things that a brain can do, is in no way like a real brain at all. A radio can play a song, but does that mean the device is actually singing? Of course not. Same deal. Think about it. (Which is something a computer or machine can never do).

A computer can emulate anything than can be mathematicly solved. If the brain is build on logic, it can be emulated. If there is some kind of "magic" happening it cant.

The brain isnt like a computer but a computer program can be like a brain.

But it would be impossible to recreate the greatest thing in existence. The sun is going in circles around the earth and the earth is at the center of the universe, because we are so important.

[DarkDragon]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57436 ... ght-alone/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QPiF4-iu6g
http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/ and the reduced version with less sensors http://www.ocztechnology.com/nia-game-controller.html

[Thorium]

This line of reasoning would justify many ideas such as slavery or saying that individuals exist only because of the will and pleasure of government. Which is harder to agree to, that you are only allowed rights because someone was nice enough to allow you those rights (and hopefully not revoke them at some future time) or that everyone has rights that are god-given and belong to everyone equally and that one can not be separated from?

The sad truth is, governments can take your rights away, they did that, they do it and they will do it.
The one that has to decide about your rights is no other than You. You have to think about what you need and want for rights and you have to fight for them. The rights we are privileged to live on now are the result of people fighting for them, starting revolutions, whole wars. Many people died for our human rights, they didnt had them. No one but you can ensure your rights.
And if you think that justifys things like slavery, it may be better you stick with your ideas that god decides.

[Mohawk70]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57436 ... ght-alone/
. . .
http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/ and the reduced version with less sensors

I have come across both the items above that you linked to before. Both very interesting !

[Zach]

There was a kid who lost his right arm to a 'gator this summer, who now has a new prosthetic arm that can do pretty amazing stuff.

I think it uses electrical signals to control it, but all the fingers in the hand have independent motors, so he could pick up an egg, or crush a beer can - and they say when he becomes adept enough he will even be able to type on a keyboard with it.