Okay, so I've got all these great ideas for things to do here, but sadly, math is hard and programming is harder. So, here's something really cool from the good Dean Kamen, the guy who invented the Segway, which is really cool, even if it isn't the world-changer we all hoped it would be (at least until they ban cars in metropolitan city centers). But this is really cool. I think I'll let him explain it.
So I think this is what Ray Kurzweil would call 'the knee of the curve,' the point at which a technology starts getting exponentially better. It's scary and exciting to think that this is version 1.0, and that this sort of tech will only be getting better and better. There's a quote, I don't know who said it, but it goes something like "in the future, it will be a liability to be completely human". This is a freaky and awesome first step in that direction. The only real problem I can notice is that it makes those whirring noises, but hey, it's a 1.0 thing. I suppose the real race is going to be a three way between the ability to a) regrow limbs, b) clone them and reattach them, and c) creating the perfect prosthetic. God, I love science.
Next time: Actual project. I promise!
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