good morning mr jetson...

Wow, some really cool science/medicine stuff is happening now. First is this:

http://www.jsonline.com/alive/news/dec04/281287.asp

They do a very invasive surgery involving putting electrodes directly on a person's brain. But after they hook them up to a computer, and the person practices, they can play pong without moving a muscle. Of course this is incredibly crude and basic at this point, but lazy people everywhere should be getting up and doing something about this! Or maybe tomorrow.

The really great thing is that a quadriplegic can now change the channels on TV, play games, and check his email. A major long term goal is to use this technology to bypass a broken spinal cord and allow someone to control muscles in their arms and legs after spinal cord injury. Pretty neat stuff.

Second off is this one....

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20041127-121143-6745r

only a few months after the death of Christopher Reeves, stem-cell work leads to a woman walking again for the first time in 19 years. I am a little bit curious as to why we didn't hear more about this, since this kind of thing hasn't happend in 2000 years, but hopefully we will hear more about it soon.

Then there is Toyota's new robots. I've never really watched Gundam (or what ever its called) but the post about this on Slashdot said that these things seemed like the first step towards big robot warriors.

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/robots/toyoto-ifoot-and-iunit-026866.php

Of course, all three things I've mentioned have been largly about aiding the mobility of those unable to get around, but the electrode one in particular could have huge implications for us. As long as that technology stays as an input device only, it could be an incredible tool for both the disabled, and the lazy. It could create a whole new level of gameing immersion.
And on another note. I intend to make this more of a commentary/cool stuff blog and less of a diary/what's going on in my life thing, but some personal stuff will probably still show up occationally.

And now for a lame post ending.