On Mar 28, 1996 20:06:06, 'Travis Butler <tbutler@tfs.net>' wrote: 
 
 

The computer predict movements based on brain activity. It senses  
brain activity that occurs before an arm is moved, let's say, and  
prepares to move that arm, allocating power, maybe shifting the angle  
of thrust if the suit is airborne to maintain center of gravity. 

Perhaps this is not applicable, but you might consider the noise issues  
involved here. If you have a system that reads human responses at  
anything below a conscious level, you'll going to have a lot of trouble  
sorting out actual responses that need to be handled, versus random  
subconscious impulses that need to be ignored. (See David Brin's _Earth_  
for an example of this; it's a minor topic in the book, but hooks in well 

with one of the major themes, and it's a d*mn good book anyway.) 

 
Oh, no! 'Tis the dastardly "Thought Control" debate! Known to those from
the Robotech Mailing lists as the "Great Unending Thinking Cap Debacle"....

 
Run away! Run awaaaaaaaaay! 
 
Derek 
<gotta get me a .sig here>