From: stevensk@cc4.crl.aecl.ca
Subject: MISC: Problems with a neural interface
Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 15:31:17 GMT
Organization: AECL RESEARCH


Hello again,

I was just thinking about different things that could go wrong if your neuraly
interfaced, or even if your in a full body suit or something.  Lets say for
instance that your out for a virtual jog to another country through a satelite
link up and it malfunctions.  Could it just scramble your signal, mess up your
mind, fry your brain, (or if your in a body suit give you a shock or pull the
connections in wild directions).  Or if you were in somebodys CPU and you
ended up getting showered with coffie when a flesh person spilt theirs.
What could happen and do you have any other what ifs.

Another thing is what if virtual reality when entered could be shifted to fit
that user specificly through a series of verbal tests, brain experiments and
past history so that each user experienced virtual reality and its icons in
a way which was "user friendly".  Or even better, when you loged in through
a neural interface your imagination and what your dreams are shaped it by
mentally focusing on your own images which are already in your head.

One last thing if a direct mind to computer link is possible then don't you
think that users who were writers or artists could simply shape their picture
in their minds then interface with a computer to define it crisp it up so that
others could see and feel and hear exactly what the creator did.