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Technology and humanity

Where do we, as people, end and where does technology begin? Lines are blurring. Technology is no longer only an extension of man (to use McLuhan's gender-specific quote), technology is becoming man. Or man is becoming technology. Whatever. A Humanoid Robot (i.e. a robot your control with your thoughts): "We are working towards enabling sophisticated control and interaction with the environment, using very simple selection-based interfaces that can be operated using brain waves alone."

...and Mapping First Life Experiences with Virtual World Counterparts - a system (looks like a vest, actually) that records our existence (and context) when we are in an "interesting situation".