When is a helmet not just a helmet

[Jack Riepe]

If I had one of these, my motorcycle would be following women like a
two-wheeled version of Harpo Marx.


On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 2:23 PM Don Eilenberger <deilenberger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Stolen from the IBMWR mail list:
>
> Q: When is a helmet not a helmet?
>
> A: When it allows you to talk to your bike.
>
> More specifically, when it allows the bike to read your thoughts in order
> to know what you <really> want.
> And then it translates those thoughts into inputs to the motorcycle.
>
> Honda has filed a patent application for a helmet to include a
> Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) whose aim would be to non-invasively capture
> brainwave signals from a rider and use these in controlling the motorcycle
> in specific situations.
>
> These signals would be used to help determine information that might be
> indicative (prediction analysis) of the rider's intent to perform certain
> tasks on the motorcycle.
> ie brake, swerve etc.
>
> Of course, once established and effective, nothing limits this
> functionality to the use of motorcycle riding only.
>
> In this future setting, a husband could know what his wife <really> wants !
> And a wife could know what her non-talkative husband is <really> thinking.
> LOL!
>
> This would add a new and enhanced level of capability to the fictional
> Jetsons living peacefully in the Wonderful World of Tomorrow (tm) in their
> safe town of Jetsonsville. <G>
>
> https://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2020/0371515.html
>
> --
> Don Eilenberger
> deilenberger at gmail.com
>
>

-- 
Fondest regards,
Jack Riepe
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