If this is true! AWESOME!! Neural Impulse Actuator

V3g3tto said:
Games wouldn't handle it so well at first, you have any idea how fast the brain sends signals, a lot faster than you can move your hands for a start.

Your brain would be going "run..jump..duck..shoot him, him and him, dam i'm being shot, get him, some guy is talking to me". The computer would recognise half of those...
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Well my brain's a bit slow anyway.. ;)
 
V3g3tto said:
Games wouldn't handle it so well at first, you have any idea how fast the brain sends signals, a lot faster than you can move your hands for a start.

Your brain would be going "run..jump..duck..shoot him, him and him, dam i'm being shot, get him, some guy is talking to me". The computer would recognise half of those, you would really have to discipline youself not to get carried away,to begin with, you'd be a sitting duck for quite a while i would've thought.

But i don't care how much they are, they look stupid, but i'll get one, sod the house, priorities, i can finally drink lager and shoot.
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Actually the brain only processes signals at approx 100 meters per second (given you have good myelin sheaths) - this is known as the action potential. There are some people who have a condition which degrades their myelin sheaths slowing their action potential to as little as 10 meters per second.

Doesn't matter how fast the brain wants to be it can only process as quick as the signals it can send/receive.

I majored in neuro psychology on my first degree.
 
"The speed of the nerve impulse can be as high as one hundred meters (0.6 mile) per second."
Kraus, David. Concepts in Modern Biology.New York:Globe Book Company, 1969: 170.

"Some actions require split second responses--withdrawring a hand from a hot stove, for example. To relay the information necessary for such a reaction, there are large nerve fibers that can conduct impulses at speeds as high as 330 feet (100 meters) per second. Other kinds of activities, such as scholarly pursuits, may require a lifetime of thought. For these kinds of activities, other nerve fibers can be used to conduct signals more slowly--70 to 100 feet (20 to 30 meters) per second."
Comptons Interactive Encyclopedia. Softkey Multimedia Inc, 1997.

"Some kinds of signals, like the ones for muscle position travel on extra-fast nerve impulses at speeds of up to 390 feet per second (119 meter/second). Close your eyes and wave your arms around: you can tell where they are at every moment because the muscle-position nerves are very fast …. But other messages, like some kinds of pain signals travel much more slowly. If you stub your toe, you feel the pressure right away because touch signals travel at 250 feet per second. But you won't feel the pain for another two or three seconds, because pain signals generally travel an only two feet per second."
(I can't link the source to this one because the page is no longer available).

Just to put this into perspective with regards to electronics:

"Depending on the type of fiber, the neural impulse travels at speed ranging from a sluggish 2 miles per hour to, in some myelinated fibers, a breackneck 200 or more miles per hour. But even this top speed is 3 million times slower than the speed of electricity through a wire."
Myers, David G. Psychology 4th Edition.New York:Worth Publishers Inc,1995: 43.

Just in case you thought I was talking rubbish.
 
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Obviously it would still be faster than using your fingers to press keys, if you combine it with Track IR I guess you can make your mouse redundant too, it would just be a matter of learning to use them both together.
 
been reading up on this on the ocz forums and they have done a bit of progress with it in regards to 64bit drivers. and the community has made it possible to use your windows mouse with this (even clicks)

apparently there's going to be an sdk too so should be good.
 
i got mine around august i think but i couldn't get it to work at all basically you have to set a "baseline" (i think it was called that)and mine was constantly through the roof unless i physically grounded myself to the box. seemed like a good idea and a few people seem to be rather good with them but i couldnt get mine working whatsoever
 
Deadude said:
i got mine around august i think but i couldn't get it to work at all basically you have to set a "baseline" (i think it was called that)and mine was constantly through the roof unless i physically grounded myself to the box. seemed like a good idea and a few people seem to be rather good with them but i couldnt get mine working whatsoever
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was the box near electrical outputs - plugs, power generators etc. thats usually because there's a lot in the area which generates a lot of noise - you can resolve that with guitar noise reduction tape if you refuse to move these objects away from eachother.

They also released some driver updates too
 
codec said:
was the box near electrical outputs - plugs, power generators etc. thats usually because there's a lot in the area which generates a lot of noise - you can resolve that with guitar noise reduction tape if you refuse to move these objects away from eachother.

They also released some driver updates too
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it was near a lot however i tried fixing it for about 3 days turned everything off even move my pc downstairs etc also tried it on a laptop eventually i gave up and sent it back if they release a new one id probably still buy it though
 
codec said:
yea but did downstairs have a lot of interfearance too? well you sent it back now so no matter hehe
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well i dont think so depends what you mean by interference i was trying it in a room with nothing on other than the pc / monitor anyway cant really fix it now anyway :P
 
Can any of you who purchased this update us how you got on.. I have seen some really interesting vidz online, but it would be good to hear from some OcUK ers.. it may help reduce my RSI :)
 
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