We want to galvanize people's imaginations. With enough political will and investment, we could make wheelchairs obsolete.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the potential for innovation to transform lives, particularly for individuals with disabilities.
Miguel Nicolelis expresses a visionary idea that with the right resources and determination, we can revolutionize assistive technology to the point where wheelchairs, a traditional means of mobility for those with disabilities, become unnecessary. This underscores the importance of imagination and commitment in driving societal and technological advancements.
In practice
This quote could inspire a speech at a technology conference focused on accessibility innovations.
Even two of humanity's most intimate possessions - a sense of self and a body image - are fluid, highly modifiable creations of the brain's mischievous deployment of electricity and a handful of chemicals. They both can change or be changed on less than a second's notice.
It's the first time an exoskeleton has been controlled by brain activity and offered feedback to the patients. Doing a demonstration in a stadium is something very much outside our routine in robotics. It's never been done before.
We cannot even predict what kinds of emergent properties would appear when animals begin interacting as part of a brain-net. In theory, you could imagine that a combination of brains could provide solutions that individual brains cannot achieve by themselves.
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We need to re-create boundaries. When you carry a digital gadget that creates a virtual link to the office, you need to create a virtual boundary that didn't exist before.
If you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?
You don't get to cut that chain of evidence and start over. You're always going to be pursued by your data shadow, which is forming from thousands and thousands of little leaks and tributaries of information.
There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked.
No matter how beautiful, no matter how cool your interface, it would be better if there were less of it.
I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today.
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