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Let the Mindgames Begin
chienr writes "Like Pong, but instead of paddles, you use your brainwaves to control the ball over to the opponent's goal, that's Mindball! This apparatus was previously an experiment under the name Brainball, and is now commercially available - here's another link with video."
Uh, you're kidding, right?
About 2001. Where we had a moon base, commercial space station, regular commercial space travel, and a big ol' manned trip to Jupiter by this point?
If this is a troll color me hooked...
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Imagine a contest to see who can muster the largest amount of brainwaves?
Of course; this might end up looking like a constipation contest if it got out of hand! heh
....move along....nothing to see here....
This goes for any "game"... including music.
When you care, you hesistate, and when you hesistate, you leave the groove.
It's important to plow forward with a sense of abandonment. Any excess tension, mental or physical, will shut you down - no matter if you are in a concert hall, the golf course, or a tennis court!
Spoon not. Fork, or fork not. There is no spoon.
Nah! Tinkering with production code is done by many major coding shops...
Chicago Tribune: Link
Additional: Hasn't missed a paper since the Chicago Fire...All I received Monday was the Business section. Didn't bring the company down...but hurt big!
Sprint: Link
Additional: Sprint had to outsource it because if you own a sprint phone and ever called customer service, half the time they couldn't help you because the computers were down! Almost brought the company down.
A&TT Wireless: Link
Additional: DID bring the company down.
Microsoft: Link
Additional: Brought MANY companies down...
I'm sure I can name more production bungles...Slashdot 503 for an hour isn't a company crasher though.
-Electrawn
There is an art installation in Toronto called Deconism that asks people to sit around tables, each wearing similar "brainwave detection" devices. Your brain activity contributes to some computer generated music, thus you're doing musical improv with your MIND!!
In actuality though, the difference between YOU CONTROL IT WITH YOUR MIND and "you take a few deep breaths, and your levels change" is quite a big dissapointment.
This sounds no different.
What I *really* want to see is something that you calibrate: i.e. Think "left," and the pattern is recognized, likewise for think "right." Then you can control an actual game of Pong or Arkanoid with your mind. That would impress me.
Unless you're narcoleptic, in which case it can occur in as few as 30 *seconds*.
Also, hypnosis could be use to increase concentration which may prove useful in achieving the desired feedback state, but hypnosis in itself does not make any measurable change in wave patterns.
Any spoon would be too big.