Cute mind-controlled 'cat ears'

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Cute mind-controlled 'cat ears'

Post by Pam » Sat May 07, 2011 2:51 pm

Now this is cool :D
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a bit of science mixed with whimsy, a Japanese company has created a set of electromechanical cat ears that can be worn on the human head and manipulated with nothing but the mind. Called the necomimi (a combination of the Japanese words for cat and ear) and looking very much like the ears that come with a cat costume, the ears respond to thoughts or mood by means of a sensor on a second small band pressed against the forehead; they can stand straight up when the wearer is concentrating, or wriggle and turn slightly when amused, or lay flat when tired or bored, demonstrating what the company calls, an ability to reveal emotion.
Souce: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-jap ... olled.html


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Re: Cute mind-controlled 'cat ears'

Post by Pam » Sat May 07, 2011 3:50 pm

And another wierd thing:
(CNN) -- We admit to being sort of creeped out by this: A Japanese lab has created a device that may let let you "French kiss" someone over the Internet.

And by "kiss," we mean waggle your tongue on a plastic straw, thereby making another plastic straw waggle remotely on someone else's tongue.

Hot, huh?

Well, the folks at Tokyo's Kajimoto Laboratory say it's just the beginning of what could become a full-on person-to-person experience over the Internet.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation ... l?hpt=Sbin

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Re: Cute mind-controlled 'cat ears'

Post by Pigeon » Sat May 07, 2011 3:58 pm

Pretty stupid but there are probably some people who should not be let loose in society. They'll have to settle for the net version of human relationships.

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Post by Egg » Sat May 07, 2011 4:52 pm

I JUST GOT MY NEW CAT EARS IN THE MAIL!!! WOOT!!!! WOOTT!!!!!!

MEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!!!


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Re: Cute mind-controlled 'cat ears'

Post by SweetGrass » Sat May 07, 2011 5:22 pm

This is kinda scary.....how you think before they will figure out how to put the signals in the opposite direction.
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Re: Cute mind-controlled 'cat ears'

Post by Pam » Sat May 07, 2011 7:07 pm

Yah, it is very creepy, enter the Matrix.

Who needs R/L?

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