Thursday, May 19, 2011
Frivolity first
Sci-fi writers and 'futurists' always assume that new technology begins with deadly serious and highly official applications. Nope, that's rarely the case.
Examples: The first horseless carriage was invented in 300 BC to participate in religious processions, to impress the yokels. Radio began with infomercials. Television began with pro wrestling, and continues with a more debased form of verbal pro wrestling called "fair and balanced debate". The commercial internet began with porn and continues mainly with porn.
And now we have the first commercial application of 'electronic telepathy', the first available brain-wave reader! It's a pair of cat ears that you wear on your head, and they respond to your brain in the same way that real cat ears respond to a real cat brain.
Behold! Necomimi from Neurowear!
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Wouldn't it be fun to see le Chimpanzé en Rut wearing Necomimi ears when he declares his complete innocence? ¶ 6:52 AM
Examples: The first horseless carriage was invented in 300 BC to participate in religious processions, to impress the yokels. Radio began with infomercials. Television began with pro wrestling, and continues with a more debased form of verbal pro wrestling called "fair and balanced debate". The commercial internet began with porn and continues mainly with porn.
And now we have the first commercial application of 'electronic telepathy', the first available brain-wave reader! It's a pair of cat ears that you wear on your head, and they respond to your brain in the same way that real cat ears respond to a real cat brain.
Behold! Necomimi from Neurowear!
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Wouldn't it be fun to see le Chimpanzé en Rut wearing Necomimi ears when he declares his complete innocence? ¶ 6:52 AM
