I am working on a project which is hard to explain because it has so many sides to it. I am creating a computer model of my body that will be animatable to move normally, and, alternatively, to match the way I move in real life now. There are two very different goals. One is what I have talked about previously, a robotic therapy device. The other is more esoteric. William Gibson foresaw much of what we live with now and have gotten used to, i.e. the internet, GPS, mobile phones, and virtual reality technology. His book Necromancer describes a virtual world people go in and out of. The book:
http://www.amazon.com/Neuromancer-William-Gibson/dp/0441012035/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276526873&sr=1-1
More on Gibson:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_gibson
As crazy as this may sound now (and remember Gibson was a a science fiction writer), I believe that before too long, fully animated realistic representatives of ourselves will be wandering around the virtual world of the web, interacting with each other, much as in a video game. I have seen prototypes of this already. My model will be capable of walking and moving normally (as i did before my stroke). Of course, I could also give myself the body of a 30-year-old weightlifter, or whatever, but I would be happy to be just me. Same brain behind it, restored body.
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