So I asked Google and got some interesting stuff. Modelling lymph and the immune system; cool. We have had an up close and personal interaction with our son's immune system with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma [back in 1997 so hopefully over and done with]. Any work on that is a good thing in my book. bioeng.auckland.ac.nz
We also had an up close and personal interaction with the sympathetic nerve system by way of our youngest getting a neurofibroma on a cervical ganglion a decade ago. [We seem to draw short straws]. Thinking about the effects of that, combined with my interest in CDMA and wireless cyberspace led me to the idea of nerve transducers for data input to mobile devices [instead of texting or poking at tiny keys]. What do you know, somebody is working on it [though not for that purpose though monitoring the sympathetic nerve system]http://www.bioeng.auckland.ac.nz/projects/telemetry/telemetry.php
I say patent nerve transducer input to CDMA cyberphones. Just move lips, tongue and larynx muscles, record the movements with implanted transducers and feed them into a processor in the cyberphone for super high speed data input. That should be a LOT better than voice recognition systems due to no confusing extraneous noise, but that's purely a guess.
Do you think such a nerve transducer system would be doable? Recharge the internal battery with inductively coupled supplies during sleep or maybe just use external transducers glued on. I don't know how sensitive transducers can be, but sharks seem to detect electrical flows from a distance, under water no less. ECGs and brain monitoring seems to involve sticking the transducers right on the skin.
Maybe we could wear a hat with transducers in it and measure the brain's electrical activity directly and teach the system what signals represent which words or letters, numbers etc and cut out the middle man [sympathetic nervous system, tongue, larynx, lips etc]. Cut straight to the chase and go to mental telepathy.
Want to send message to buddy. Think the message. Transducers pick it up and beam it over wireless signals to buddy's antennae. Buddy wears cochlear implant, or in-the-ear Phonak hearing aid, and heads-up retina scan. Receives signal, sees the video, hears the commentary, reads the web page. Replies in kind.
People sitting next to them have no idea anything happened. They don't need to disturb anyone, leave the room or anything. Being in a noisy environment would be irrelevant.
I think that system would be an excellent thing.
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