More MSNBC
Feb. 22nd, 2007 11:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zesty_pintoTechnology continues to go on, and this time it's a bit reminiscent of "Back to the Future," among other things. Remember the self-adjusting jacket? Apparently, research is being done in aware clothing. Talk about awesome. This might lead to future implications for other uses, like the much coveted power armors that us fanboys dream about. I wonder when they'll develop a HUD for eyewear.
The implication of a robotic society that deems us obsolete though? I don't know if that would be such a case. The one important thing a mechanical human would have versus a biological one are less hormones. Sure, it can be programmed to desire being greater, but as Douglas Adams once mentioned in his final book to the Hitchhiker's series, a robot's pleasure is in getting its job done, and I believe that; you can see it in working animals, and you can see it in us. I'm more of a Shirow/Clarke-esque believer in a cybernetic society that transcends biological and metaphysical limitations, anyway, which as far as I know is all hyperbolic bullshit.
Anyway, there's only one thing I can wonder: can they make electronics that could survive tumble dry only?
Oh, and in other news: if most of my flist was in China, we'd be seriously screwed. Personally, I think the biggest issue regarding China's policy is that they don't realize why most people go on the internet. It's not a matter of "take two and call me in the morning" as much as a sort of extension of understanding why people find it so good to be online. Otherwise, I'm starting to see similarities between this and the concerns people had over D&D.
The implication of a robotic society that deems us obsolete though? I don't know if that would be such a case. The one important thing a mechanical human would have versus a biological one are less hormones. Sure, it can be programmed to desire being greater, but as Douglas Adams once mentioned in his final book to the Hitchhiker's series, a robot's pleasure is in getting its job done, and I believe that; you can see it in working animals, and you can see it in us. I'm more of a Shirow/Clarke-esque believer in a cybernetic society that transcends biological and metaphysical limitations, anyway, which as far as I know is all hyperbolic bullshit.
Anyway, there's only one thing I can wonder: can they make electronics that could survive tumble dry only?
Oh, and in other news: if most of my flist was in China, we'd be seriously screwed. Personally, I think the biggest issue regarding China's policy is that they don't realize why most people go on the internet. It's not a matter of "take two and call me in the morning" as much as a sort of extension of understanding why people find it so good to be online. Otherwise, I'm starting to see similarities between this and the concerns people had over D&D.
