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I am going to go out on a limb

A couple of days ago I posted about the innovations made in brain scanning or more specific Bio sensor and signal processing systems. Wearable devices will be the norm for film and video crews. A combo, Light/Color Temp/Volt/Ohm/Amp/Phone/Monitor/Computer meter? Maybe I can see a best boy with a handheld or wearable, taking care or all the paperwork, inventory (RFID) and set requirements (power distro and load - yup RFID and IP addressable equipment), The gaffer using the Bio Sensor to THINK the rough in and the DP to THINK the TWEEK. Sound far fetched? Think I'm daft? Read on. Lighting is changing. LED and DMX. It is a no brainer. Speech recognition software is on the desktop. It is not a big leap to have lighting units that use speech commands. "Unit A3, full spot. dim 11% pan right 3 degrees, tilt up 22 degrees." I was reading the gaffer's or DP's mind (ok more anticipation but still reading body language and KNOWING the groove that develops on set) in order t