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Unblinded Science, Period Six [5/31]
Walter had decided to go from Tesla coils, which to his mind were slightly antiquated, to something a bit more modern - touch screens.
Today each student's workstation had two objects for the practicum - a computer, and a cuff meant to be fitted on the arm just below the elbow. However, against the wall are televisions, various video game consoles, a microwave oven with a bowl of papayas next to it, several cell phones, a blender (?) with another bowl of papayas, and several RC cars.
Walter was of the opinion that his cuff prototype was more useful than Carnegie Mellon's, but he did have a bit of an ego about little things like that, so who could really say?
"Have you ever watched a movie that was supposedly set in the future and realized that they were using technology that had not substantively changed from what you know now? Keyboards? Bah!"
Walter's entire face contorted in distaste. "And this is supposed to be from people with imagination?
"Today I want you to use your imaginations with these cuffs. It should be simple to program them using the building blocks on the computer, or if you're capable, I highly recommend home brew applications."
He pulled a cuff onto his arm, strapped it down properly, and demonstrated how to plug it into the computer before unplugging his and holding up his hand to the class to show the four arrows projected onto the palm of his hand. He tapped one of the arrows and one of the remote control cars shot off the table and started cruising down the aisle in the classroom.
"That was nothing. I want to see you do better. Now, experiment with controlling some of the items I have set up for you, or use the cuff to control the computer itself. You may work individually or in groups as you prefer."
Today each student's workstation had two objects for the practicum - a computer, and a cuff meant to be fitted on the arm just below the elbow. However, against the wall are televisions, various video game consoles, a microwave oven with a bowl of papayas next to it, several cell phones, a blender (?) with another bowl of papayas, and several RC cars.
Walter was of the opinion that his cuff prototype was more useful than Carnegie Mellon's, but he did have a bit of an ego about little things like that, so who could really say?
"Have you ever watched a movie that was supposedly set in the future and realized that they were using technology that had not substantively changed from what you know now? Keyboards? Bah!"
Walter's entire face contorted in distaste. "And this is supposed to be from people with imagination?
"Today I want you to use your imaginations with these cuffs. It should be simple to program them using the building blocks on the computer, or if you're capable, I highly recommend home brew applications."
He pulled a cuff onto his arm, strapped it down properly, and demonstrated how to plug it into the computer before unplugging his and holding up his hand to the class to show the four arrows projected onto the palm of his hand. He tapped one of the arrows and one of the remote control cars shot off the table and started cruising down the aisle in the classroom.
"That was nothing. I want to see you do better. Now, experiment with controlling some of the items I have set up for you, or use the cuff to control the computer itself. You may work individually or in groups as you prefer."
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