{"id":1396,"date":"2007-10-16T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2007-12-15T04:31:13","modified_gmt":"2007-12-15T09:31:13","slug":"transreality-interfaces-from-whiteboards-to-grey-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=1396","title":{"rendered":"Transreality Interfaces: From Whiteboards to Grey Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After I first saw the above video on the The Weekly Squeak blog (Link)<\/a>, I immediately did a search on prices for interactive whiteboards<\/a>. That is a seriously cool combination of technologies. And I’m not the only one who thinks so; Julian Lombardi has been posting rare updates to his blog (Link 1<\/a>, Link 2<\/a>, Link 3<\/a>, Link 4<\/a>), so he’s certainly into it.
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\nNow I’m not one to emphasize computing technology in the classroom, well-compensated teachers and increased community emphasis on academics is still the best way to educate students imo; however, the more fun learning becomes the more likely students will be interested, and I can see where a larger, more physical interface makes sense in a classroom environment.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there’s been some buzz surrounding a recent brain-computer interface linked into Second Life that I first caught over on Pink Tentacle (Link)<\/a>. It’s not the first such interface, but I believe it’s the first to be publicly demonstrated using the Second Life virtual world.<\/p>\n

There will doubtlessly be additional blog entries\/articles on this and so I’ll add them below if they’re of interest. And who knows, perhaps we’ll even see IABIT come back from the dead, though I doubt it; the people behind it are either still<\/em> trying to get their Neuronet<\/a> up and running or are too busy dealing with other issues (or maybe now, inspired by JibJab’s latest effort, “Night of the Living Democrats\/Republicans”<\/a>, they’re working on a brain dead<\/em> interface {that’s a joke; let’s not go threatening lawsuits boys ‘n girls}).<\/p>\n

Anyway, here’s those links:<\/p>\n

“Researchers help users control Second Life avatars via brain activity” (Link)<\/a> – Ars Technica<\/p>\n

“The Second Life of the Mind: The story behind the brain-to-SL interface” (Link)<\/a> – New World Notes<\/p>\n

“Brain-Computer Interface for Second Life” (Link)<\/a> – Virtual World News<\/p>\n

“Second Life Avatars Controlled by the Human Brain” (Link)<\/a> – Second Life Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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