A BBC article with the misleading title 'Teleporting' over the internet (and yes, I saw the quotes) is actually about developing a telepresence system that would combine motion capture on the user end with nanites that can order themselves and move to mimic the motion-captured person.
Why? Well, Dr. Todd Mowry says:
"It's very artificial to talk to somebody through a glass wall, which is effectively what you have when you have a screen," he added.
"You want to forget the fact that you're in different rooms."
Which will, of course, be easy as I wear my mocap suit and interact with the assembled nanite simulacrum representing my conversation partner. Given that you don't really touch other people in meetings, I'd think an immersive HD screen environment would work for this task.
...and for uses for the nanite simulacra, what about hazardous work environments? Deep-sea welding? Bomb disposal? Recon? (Though in that case, I'd rather have individual nanites, for better detection avoidance.)
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nowhun
2005-06-17 05:43 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreen Select
grey goo!
The fog screen is cool if you want to wave your hand through someone's head.
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[info]parakkum
2005-06-17 06:01 pm UTC (link) DeleteFreezeScreen Select
The walk-thru fog screen is a novel and intriguing method for forming a superior quality physically penetrable dry fog display
Quotes like this from new technology discussions always bring me back to this bit from the movie Brain Candy:
Scientist: I've invented a pill that gives worms to ex-girlfriends.
Don: Uh, right, and what's positive about that?
Scientist: Well, it's a pill that gives worms to ex-girlfriends.
Don: Couldn't it also give worms to ex-boyfriends?
Scientist: This is a drug... for the world... to give worms to ex-girlfriends.
Don: Well, great. Thanks for stopping by.
Scientist: You just don't get it here! Huhoooo!
(Thanks to IMDB for the text.)