Driving a car has become second nature to many of us, and sometimes, it tends up as a reflex action that we do not pay too much attention to – which is a good thing most of the time, although there are moments when we take this particular moment for granted and start to focus on doing another thing such as checking out our e-mail, only to realize that we might have stepped on the brake a little too late shortly after, resulting in a fender bender afterwards. Well, I guess this is why a driverless car makes plenty of sense, although I am quite sure that it could prove rather disconcerting to some that you do not have full control over the vehicle in which you are traveling in. How about driving a car with your thoughts alone? Don’t you think that this would be cool beyond words?
This is what a bunch of engineering students over in India are working on. At Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology, this particular project would involve converting a small van into a computer controlled vehicle, where the Emotiv EEG headset would function as a controller. We are talking about using off-the-shelf parts here, people, in order to get the job done – now how about that?
Of course, there are still plenty of questions which are left unanswered as at press time, as this particular concept would take years of refinement for it to become safe enough to drive. The thing is, how are we to know that our brain is able to tell the difference between switching gears and turning left while we are pre-occupied with the goings on at the office? What do you think of this proposition – does it sit down well with you? Do you think this is a better idea than a self-driving car?
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How many of us would take a look at fruit flies and figure out that they are nothing but pests? Well, scientists have decided to find a better use for fruit flies, using them to detect cancer instead. Talk about one man’s meat being another man’s poison! How exactly does a fruit fly detect cancer in a person? Well, it will sit on a podium as shown in the middle of the picture above, as scents are emitted from the tube on the left and sent in the direction of the fly itself. Using its sense of smell, these fruit flies are able to tell the difference between cancerous cells and healthy ones. The fruit flies used are no ordinary ones though, they have been genetically modified so that their antennae will glow whenever they pick up a cancerous odor. All of the appearance of these insects are monitored through a microscope.
I would suppose that for the longest time, we have had to use this thing called “imagination” to enjoy books according to how our brain interprets the particular story. Well, how about bringing it to the next level this time around with the Sensory Fiction? Sensory Fiction happens to be a project that is being worked upon by a MIT team, where it kicked off with the appropriately titled “The Girl Who Was Plugged In,” which was written by James Tiptree Jr. Throughout the entire story, the main protagonist would have undergone a roller coaster of emotions which will range from love all the way to despair, in addition to physical sensations such as coldness and warmth. You will need to read this book while wearing a harness, just like how those “Typing of the Dead” characters walked around in the game. This harness would see the book placed over your torso, where it includes LEDs to recreate the lighting from the story, small heating devices that are able to warm the skin, vibrating mechanisms which do its bit to affect one’s heart rate as well as a compression system with airbags that will tighten and loosen, depending on what is happening within the story itself.
Robots do seem to be in the 
