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Control your avatar in Second Life – with your mind!

This video of someone controlling Second Life through a brain-computer interface looks like fun, but surely it’s no brain controlled pinball. (Via Edge of Tomorrow)

How science fiction has influenced real life tech

It may not be surprising that many scientists have been influenced by science fiction – for instance, Arthur C. Clarke influenced pioneers of artificial intelligence research and the developers of the World Wide Web. I didn’t realize that Snow Crash had such a powerful influence on the development of several technologies, especially virtual worlds: The [...]