Sony Invention Beams Sights, Sounds Into Brain!!
 

Maybe those PS9 commercials we saw when the PS2 launched weren't so far off base. I would have said this is hogwash except that the article cites New Scientist magazine which is pretty reputable. Plus I guess they have a patent pending on it too.

See article here....

Scary.

Mixed feelings here...

On one hand, it would help some blind/deaf people experience things they otherwise couldn't.

On the other hand, I could see this being used by advertisers/etc. to force tastes, etc. into your system. I would hate to be walking in the supermarket and have some machine make me taste some nasty broccoli or seafood. :yack: And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Dang, I guess I better get off my ass and patent the frikkin' warp drive.

Hey, everyone! Good news, I just patented "the future." I now legally own all time from now to eternity. You'll receive your bill in the mail.

Nuh-uh, I've already got Los Braingeles. They use starfish for money, they're so advanced.

Anyways, isn't this like how Geordi's visor works? Wouldn't the idea belong to Roddeberry/Okuda/Sternbach whoever was doing the tech stuff back then?

Wasn't this the Riddler's idea in Batman Forever?

a patent on an 'inspiration' - whatever. -rolleyes-

Reminds me of Minority Report.

Didn't I see this already when it was called Batman Forever....

http://media.outnow.ch/Movies/Images...vd.film/20.jpg

I don't remember seeing that in Batman Forever.

- David Stein

This whole thing is junk. #1) Sony has no research or actual ability to do anything. #2) The patent will expire long before this a reality effectively making the patent worthless.

The only possible benifit is that Sony saw this as a potential roadblock for future games, patented it simply to begin the decay into public domain. Therefore when the time comes they (as everyone else) will have access to it.

I think I heard that on /. that the only reason this was patented was because they referenced the technology in a joke ad as being available on the PS9.

Me either.

Broken link and posting the Batman Forever connecton 2 hours after someone else a few posts up.

Bad night for Coffee. :D

I hope they make a new Ape Escape for this...

Just the thought that someone or some team is actually trying to develop such a device is amazing.

[Hater rant] I'm suspecting a proprietary storage medium will be utilized for this piece of equipment.[/Hater rant] ;)

nice if this things comes out i'll wait for the microsoft version so i can get DOA XBV hee hee! :)

Finally, 15yr olds everywhere will be able to experience "volleyball" at the click of a button. :up:

"I smell *****!" :)