We'll be playing mind games soon
How did we go from implanting chips in to the brain in 2006 to a headset for mind-controlled games in 2008?!Just when I thought the game-changing (pun intended) Wii was a killer app, here comes brain power. This is impressive technology but it looks like the Wii workout will soon join the old stationary bike in the storeroom.This technology from Emotiv is quite revolutionary and for US$300, its not beyond the common man. But there's competition in this space with Sega and NeuroSky and OCZ fighting for mind share (more puns!)Check out the OCZ Actuator in action in this video:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKd_AJUUT7Q&hl=en]All this looks quite privative at the moment and the reactions that can be afforded from the devices seem like generic 2D motion and mouse clicks. Will we ever get to type without hands or "talk" without voice?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKd_AJUUT7Q&hl=en]All this looks quite privative at the moment and the reactions that can be afforded from the devices seem like generic 2D motion and mouse clicks. Will we ever get to type without hands or "talk" without voice?