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Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by angelbob »

pflats wrote: post #31
nullhypothesis wrote: post #25

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I am very curious about the EEG bit you are talking about. If I remember, they bought MINDO which only uses frontal electrodes. Now, I do not understand why a flashing switch should create stress.

>Now, I do not understand why a flashing switch should create stress. "Oh, shoot, no, I don't want that switch to flip!" I wonder, though, if after enough use, you'll acclimate to the device being "smart", and no longer stress about the switch flipping. I suppose the problem solves itself, though, because one false positive puts you right back into the stress zone.

A lot of the current prototypes use head position and have a little (usually circular) status-bar-type thing that fills in. You quickly learn that if you look at a thing and you don't want it to activate, turn your head a bit before the status bar hits full :-)

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by angelbob »

joshuaheard wrote: post #35
beatpanda wrote: post #2

Hey check it out, more per-worker productivity that won't be compensated

That's really a myth put out by Bernie Sanders and those on the left. While it is true that wages alone have not kept up with productivity, if you add in benefits, total compensation has kept up with productivity. http://www.nber.org/digest/oct08/w13953.html

So what we lose in money, we gain in health insurance being ungodly expensive?

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by Domenic_S »

jbattle wrote: post #36
pflats wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Now, I do not understand why a flashing switch should create stress. "Oh, shoot, no, I don't want that switch to flip!" I wonder, though, if after enough use, you'll acclimate to the device being "smart", and no longer stress about the switch flipping. I suppose the problem solves itself, though, because one false positive puts you right back into the stress zone.

It's an unpleasant thought - getting acclimated to avoiding looking at things for fear of activating them

Like when you see the highway patrol on your commute...

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by aidenn0 »

monkmartinez wrote: post #29
kayoone wrote: post #26

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Exactly what i thought. It would need to look more subtle though, i don't want to get laughed at at every intersection because i look like some guy out of the Tron movie.

I don't understand this. Who cares what other people think! You have ZERO control over the perception others have of you. The sooner you realize this the better. I am teaching my 5 and 7 year old children this very important fact of life. The things you actually control are very, very limited. If you can't control your own heart beat, why would you worry about what others thought of your helmet, jeans, hair cut, shoe…

You do not have zero control over the perception others have of you. Our culture is not so heterogeneous that you can't predict what the majority will think of a given outfit you might wear, for example.

Granted, the control is indirect: You have zero control over what people would think of you if you were to wear corduroys and a Hawaiian shirt, but you can control if you wear corduroys and a Hawaiian shirt.

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by blacksmith_tb »

monkmartinez wrote: post #29
kayoone wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly what i thought. It would need to look more subtle though, i don't want to get laughed at at every intersection because i look like some guy out of the Tron movie.

I don't understand this. Who cares what other people think! You have ZERO control over the perception others have of you. The sooner you realize this the better. I am teaching my 5 and 7 year old children this very important fact of life. The things you actually control are very, very limited. If you can't control your own heart beat, why would you worry about what others thought of your helmet, jeans, hair cut, shoe…

The truth is somewhere in between - it's a good principle to teach your kids that they shouldn't only care about what people think of them, as you say. At the same tiem, if you had absolutely no chance of influencing other people with what you wear, there'd be no dressing to impress, dressing down, costume parties, etc.

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by ZeroFries »

monkmartinez wrote: post #29
kayoone wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly what i thought. It would need to look more subtle though, i don't want to get laughed at at every intersection because i look like some guy out of the Tron movie.

I don't understand this. Who cares what other people think! You have ZERO control over the perception others have of you. The sooner you realize this the better. I am teaching my 5 and 7 year old children this very important fact of life. The things you actually control are very, very limited. If you can't control your own heart beat, why would you worry about what others thought of your helmet, jeans, hair cut, shoe…

Except for the fact that you do have some control over the perceptions of others. It's actually a pretty large part of the human operating system: taking a best guess as to how the community of people important to your own survival might perceive your choices and behaviors. It's no longer as important for immediate survival, but for social status (still an important Darwinan consideration), it's an imperative skill.

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by marssaxman »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #3

They do know that sounds a lot like "daiquiri", right? Thats sort of a branding fail.

A friend of mine works for them and he pronounces the company name like "daiquiri", so I'm pretty sure they are aware of the comparison.

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by monkmartinez »

ZeroFries wrote: post #46
monkmartinez wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand this. Who cares what other people think! You have ZERO control over the perception others have of you. The sooner you realize this the better. I am teaching my 5 and 7 year old children this very important fact of life. The things you actually control are very, very limited. If you can't control your own heart beat, why would you worry about what others thought of your helmet, jeans, hair cut, shoe…

Except for the fact that you do have some control over the perceptions of others. It's actually a pretty large part of the human operating system: taking a best guess as to how the community of people important to your own survival might perceive your choices and behaviors. It's no longer as important for immediate survival, but for social status (still an important Darwinan consideration), it's an imperative skill.

Nope. First, you said "guess" which is anathema to control. Second, you like to think you have some control but you don't. You don't have control over your own body and you want to tell me that you have control over other people's perception?

Before you tell me that you have control of your body: Make your heartbeat exactly 137 times a minute right now and record it. You don't control you body...

Now, skill in the attempted manipulation of perception is something... but it is hardly a done deal. That is, one can try to manipulate perception but the manipulation is not guaranteed. In many cases, the attempted manipulation will have the opposite effect. See pick-up lines as an example.

I know that I can't control other people's perception. You may or may not come to the same realization some day....

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by monkmartinez »

aidenn0 wrote: post #44
monkmartinez wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand this. Who cares what other people think! You have ZERO control over the perception others have of you. The sooner you realize this the better. I am teaching my 5 and 7 year old children this very important fact of life. The things you actually control are very, very limited. If you can't control your own heart beat, why would you worry about what others thought of your helmet, jeans, hair cut, shoe…

You do not have zero control over the perception others have of you. Our culture is not so heterogeneous that you can't predict what the majority will think of a given outfit you might wear, for example. Granted, the control is indirect: You have zero control over what people would think of you if you were to wear corduroys and a Hawaiian shirt, but you can control if you wear corduroys and a Hawaiian shirt.

Indirect control is the same as no control. If I try to project what others may think, I am attempting to trick myself into thinking I have control of the situation. I don't. My emotional response to "what others think" is something I can control. Therefore, I chose not to emotionally attach "what others think" to my thoughts to the best of my ability.

I can only control my thoughts and the actions borne from those thoughts.

Re: Daqri Smart Helmet

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Post by monkmartinez »

blacksmith_tb wrote: post #45
monkmartinez wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand this. Who cares what other people think! You have ZERO control over the perception others have of you. The sooner you realize this the better. I am teaching my 5 and 7 year old children this very important fact of life. The things you actually control are very, very limited. If you can't control your own heart beat, why would you worry about what others thought of your helmet, jeans, hair cut, shoe…

The truth is somewhere in between - it's a good principle to teach your kids that they shouldn't only care about what people think of them, as you say. At the same tiem, if you had absolutely no chance of influencing other people with what you wear, there'd be no dressing to impress, dressing down, costume parties, etc.

Read; Marcus Aurelius ~ Meditations

There is a ton of value in Stoic philosophy that has been lost in modern society. The same modern society that worships "looks", "Celebrity", and countless other craptacular "things" that haven't materially changed the human condition for the better.

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