A True Nerd? Maybe Not
I have spent many long, lonely hours trying to decide if I am, or if I am not a true nerd. I even took a nerd test online, (http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php) and discovered I am actually a mid-level nerd with a score of 73 out of 100. This did not make me particularly happy, because it isn’t known if being a nerd is actually a good thing or not. One of the questions on this questionnaire was “Do you have a biohazard sign in your room?” That is pretty nerdy, and I certainly do not. But another question asked what I like to do on Friday nights. Apparently curling up with a good book is also considered nerdy behavior, but I think that’s great. Another presumably nerdy sign is if you have dead bugs or rodents in your room, as opposed to having a clean room, which I guess makes you very not nerdy. I answered that I do have some dirty clothes in my room, which I think is just plain normal, unless of course you are a clean freak, for which I am sure there is another on-line quiz people can take.
So what should I do? I’ve decided to stop worrying about it and start enjoying my inner nerd, and sharing that special part of me with you, without regrets. So, for one thing, we all know that nerds love electronic gadgets and brain exercise. So maybe we should start with something electronic that also gives your brain some exercise.
A researcher for Hitachi Ltd is working on a device that translates brain activity into real world motion. At Hitachi’s research lab outside of Tokyo “the brain-machine interface” device, which fits on your head, analyzes tiny changes in blood flow in the brain, detecting brain motion and changing that into electronic signals which can then be transmitted to electronic devices to control them, without ever having to lift a finger. In the demonstration which was conducted by Akiko Obata at the lab in Hatoyama, the device was used to start and stop a toy electric train. Very interesting.
What was the name of that movie again? Oh yea. Wally. Hmmm. Well at least with this spiffy device your brain won’t get fat.
Maybe I’m not the nerd I thought I was after all. Thank goodness.