Steve Jobs died on October 4, and much is being said about him. There’s no doubt he was an interesting guy. Although I have never owned an Apple product, I don’t care to get into the hoary and endless Mac vs. PC debate, or offer a tedious analysis of what Apple once was compared to what it is now.
No, I’ll just drop a Steve Jobs quote and get on with it:
I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer. Humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing about a third of the way down the list … That didn’t look so good, but then someone at Scientific American had the insight to test the efficiency of locomotion for a man on a bicycle. And a man on a bicycle blew the condor away. That’s what a computer is to me: the computer is the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with. It’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.
The image is from an online article about a carbon fiber–based bicycle that will be operated through brainwaves. It was not developed by Apple. But! But!
The biker will be able to shift the gears with the help of a neuron helmet. The special helmet is equipped with electrodes to detect brain activity to transmit signals to the gear shifter fixed under the seat. But initially the cyclist will have to train his ride to obey his mind. This guidance can be done through an iPhone application in which a cube remains in motion until the technology matches it with neurotransmission. [emphasis added]
Now will you bow down to your Cupertino overlords, WorldWideWeber? “Get on with it,” indeed.
