> On Oct 15, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/psychic-robot-can-read-your-mind-180956934/?no-ist
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> I reads where you intended to aim/put your foot/grab/duck.... and helps make it work right.

Well yeah, so long as you’re not jerking the wheel to the left on that straight road to avoid an obstacle….

But  at the time scales here it’s simpler to just mechanically (or electronically) increase the movement hysteresis of the mechanisms involved.

Modern high-performance cars already do this with adaptive suspensions, anti-lock brakes and programmable steering, etc.

In the example of the pilots flying in turbulence, in a modern-day fly-by-wire aircraft it’s a piece of cake to make the controls less sensitive to shorter, less powerful control movements by the pilot when the aircraft is experiencing turbulence.  In these kinds of modes you won’t be able to do a snap roll in your Airbus 310 unless you set the dial in the console to ‘Sport’ mode :-)

No need to ‘psychically’ determine anything from the operator, just monitor the air/car/mech frame for current conditions and movements.

Now for individuals like stroke victims, people with cerebral palsy or other neurological conditions that impair fine or broad control of extremities, this will be a Big Deal.

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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