Re: Cité des sciences Nanotechnology exhibit


"Gina Miller" <nanogirl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My animation of Robert A. Freitas Jr.'s dermal display from his book
Nanomedicine Volume 1: Basic Capabilities is included in the exhibit
which you can go to directly by clicking here:

http://www.cite-sciences.fr/english/ala_cite/exhibitions/nanotechnologies/techniques/techniques_3b.php


That's a nicely done animation!

Of course Bob's idea should be considered only as an attention-getting
example of what is possible, not what would actually be done. For
example, there is no reason to use a dermal display when one can just as
easily design a system that directly manipulates the optic nerve to
provide the host with what is known in the avionics world as a "heads up"
display (i.e. display appears overlayed in the person's field of view.)

And one could also create a system that directly manipulates the
auditory (cochlear) nerve to provide direct audio alerts and information
to the host.

But the dermal display has an advantage in that it grabs a person's
attention to some of the unusual possibilities of nanomedicine and
nanotechnology.

(And then there is the dermal "blue screen of death" condition, wherein
you have to reboot yourself. ;-) Or suddenly seeing the real-time heart
monitor flat-line - that'll get your attention! :-) )

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