From: Luiz Petroni (lpetroni_at_compassoarte.com.br)
Date: Thu Mar 18 2004 - 05:11:17 PST
Ed,
Maybe when something like this become reality:
http://www.irobotnow.com/index.php
BTW, I remember people accessing Matrix virtual reality
using keyboards.
lpetroni
> In the future, there will _be_ no computer per-se. The
> devices around you will perform their assigned task in
> the background, communicating with other devices to
> get what ever assigned tasks done.
>
> I saw a commercial about the new Lexus car.
> It showed a person approaching a car and the voice
> over said "most people can recognize their car in a
> parking lot". And the person approaches the car. The
> car activates _before_ the person touches the car. As
> the person approaches the rear of the car and stops,
> the car opens the trunk...with no interaction from the
> person. He deposits a breifcase and approaches the
> drivers door which unlocks and adjusts the environment
> for him. Adjusts the seat, the stearing wheel, the
> pedals, the music...everything...Then the voice over
> says "the new Lexus...now the car can recognize the
> owner..."
> That's seamless automation...
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