Do you remember The Matrix, the Wachowski brothers' trilogy? The good hero, Neo played by Keanu Reeves, was able to dodge bullets by 'slowing down' the scene with his powers of telekinesis-or-whatever, performing daring evolutions to the delight of the effects creators specials and the public.
Today an inventor has created a helmet that simulates this type of 'slowed down' perception, without the need to smoke the impossible.
Il Helmet decelerator, made by German Lorenz Potthast, allows the wearer to experience perceiving the world at a slower speed, which can even be adjusted using a small remote control. Potthast has inserted a microcomputer and a display into the helmet, positioning (in a completely playful-experimental way, as I understand it) a second one outside, in order to allow observers to understand what the wearer of the helmet is looking at .
Of course, going through a busy city with this coconut on your head is not exactly a good idea, but in a controlled and assisted situation such a device can provide a special experience to the wearer. No mention from the inventor of the software underlying the results, nor any commercialization plan (at least for now).
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