Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 08:35:32 +1000 (EST) From: Graeme Cross <graeme@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: FreeBSD-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on TV - followup Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981016083316.15343A-100000@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.981016082014.15194A-100000@babylon.wsc.monash.edu.au>
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On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Graeme Cross wrote: > On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > Did anyone notice that FreeBSD was on national TV this morning? > > > > I was watching the news while eating breakfast, and switching between > > Fox and CNN. On both were stories about the implantation of sensors > > inside a disabled person's skull, to possibly allow a computer to > > communicate with that person. > > > > I was kinda rushed, so I didn't get too much of the story, but both > > shows had a closeup of the computer screen in the same room with > > doctors, bunches of equipment, and putative patient. There was Chuckie > > the daemon looking back at me, on both, 5 minutes apart. > > For those interested, there is an on-line article about the system in the UK Telegraph at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ You have to enter a username etc to read the article - cypherpunks/cypherpunks works, as per usual. There is no mention of the OS used or the BSD daemon in the article though, just information on the brain interfacing. Cheers Graeme -- Graeme Cross -- Water Studies Centre, Monash University Random thought #132 (Collect all 235) Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. (Clarke) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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