Human Remote Control: Experience It Yourself

[moose]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/10/25/human.remote.control.ap/index.html

Thoughts?


I want to try it out on myself to see what it's like... but ehhh

 

[Evo]

Oh, great, this is all we need, people with iPods, wearing this thing and jerking uncontrollably all over the place. You just KNOW idiots will use it while driving.

 

[laminatedevildoll]

I am into anything that advances the human race.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

That's just scary.

 

[Moonbear]

Oh great, people worry about cell phones causing brain cancer, but don't think twice about sending electricity through their heads? And they wonder why they can't walk straight?

 

[zoobyshoe]

I found the experience unnerving and exhausting: I sought to step straight ahead but kept careening from side to side. Those alternating currents literally threw me off.

The technology is called galvanic vestibular stimulation -- essentially, electricity messes with the delicate nerves inside the ear that help maintain balance

This gross electrical over-riding of the delicate vestibular system is obviously dangerous, despite any claims made to the contrary. There'll be side effects and lawsuits down the road.

 

[Huckleberry]

How can this be used for virtual reality video games? How many lives do you get? I suppose you can always put the helmet on another person when your first life expires.