Telepresence Via Matter Imaging 124
Qa32 writes "Computer scientists in the U.S. are developing a system which would allow people to convey a solid 3D recreation of themselves over the Internet. From the article: 'When you watch something created by claymation, it is a real object and it looks like it's moving itself. That's something like the idea we're doing... in our case, the idea is that you have computation in the 'clay', as though the clay can move itself.'"
This could (Score:3, Funny)
And pr0n technology moves 1 step closer (Score:5, Funny)
Great! Just what we need... (Score:2, Funny)
Kind of reminds me of that Futurama episode where they all used VR gear to enter the Internet -- with an overall TRON-like feel. You had to love the chat rooms, with all of the guys cowering in one corner.
Davey and Goliath (Score:4, Funny)
Don't doooo it Daaaaveeeey!!!
H.
Re:I wonder (Score:5, Funny)
So... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe it could be used as a form of punishment? Something like distributed penal servitude.
Shape shifting robots (Score:5, Funny)
One Word: Boobies (Score:5, Funny)
A fellow slashdotter told me about the boob mouse a few weeks ago. Since getting two, I haven't left the house. With this new innovation, I may never move from the computer chair.
Re:I wonder (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Funny but Not Funny (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Going to take more than a printer (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This could (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Funny but Not Funny (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmm... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Shape shifting robots (Score:2, Funny)
The Gumbinator?
Re:This could (Score:2, Funny)
Bring on the Clay Dildos and Cavulators (Score:4, Funny)
Re:kind of like Star Wars (Score:3, Funny)
Of course it would, think of the porn. On second thought, think of the kittens.
Naw...not that episode (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This could (Score:4, Funny)
Actually, that's already reality. This implementation is called "woman". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman [wikipedia.org] for more information.
Even if woman was implemented a long time ago (some legends mention a liberal usage of spare parts from a standard nerd), the price hasn't gone down, and this product is still very rare among nerd community.