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February 14, 2009
Hear, shock, flinch, wow.
"IBM has filed a patent (US 7484451) for Bionic Body Armor, that could essentially allow us to dodge bullets like Neo in The Matrix. The armor would scan areas for incoming projectiles and when one is detected the system would deliver a shock to the muscles causing a swift reflexive action away from the projectile."
I find this idea significant on two levels. 1) The inventor's courage to continue a train of thought that crossed paths with 'hey, I know, let's Taser the user!". 2) The nod to our augmented-human future: building a set of ears, a reptillian reflex brain, and inducing nerve signals for muscular action.
A world-class example of using the absurd, of "making the familiar strange, and then the strange familiar"
(IBM patent application and Synectics quoted above)
Posted by mbolas at February 14, 2009 1:33 PM
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