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."

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This reminds me oddly of 2001

[LeahofRivendell]

It's funny how in all of these futuristic shows we show people playing games and controlling cars with our minds. Now it's becoming a reality on a much quicker timescale than we imagined.

It's just like how the book 2001 predicted we'd have space travel, and land on the moon, then we did, way before 2001. It's nice when technology moves faster than fiction.

Re:Take a nap

[marnargulus]

Actually, brain activity would likely be at a peak during a dream stage. Hypnosis would be much better, where you can be told to basically "think of nothing" and come as close as possible.

Lot of other stuff on this

[joeldg]

That table looks like something from a pizza parlor circa 1985.

Lot of other stuff on this:
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58193,00. html

and this one which is funny..

Cheers

Re:Take a nap

[Omerna]

Only if the game lasted a few hours. You don't start to dream right when you fall asleep; it's something like increments of 90 minutes after you fall asleep. For instance, fall asleep at 12:00 and you'd dream at 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, etc.