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Brain Control Headset for Gamers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-out-of-my-brain dept.

gbjbaanb writes "Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone. Headsets which read neural activity are not new, but Ms Le [president of US/Australian firm Emotiv] said the Epoc was the first consumer device that can be used for gaming. 'This is the first headset that doesn't require a large net of electrodes, or a technician to calibrate or operate it and does require gel on the scalp,' she said. 'It also doesn't cost tens of thousands of dollars.'" Wait until the government can get warrantless wiretaps on the logs of those things.

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  1. Mindstorms by n3tcat · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can't wait to see what some hardware hackers can do with this and a Lego Mindstorms NXT robot!

  2. I wonder. by AltGrendel · · Score: 5, Interesting
    When will people like Mr. S. Hawking get one?

    Probably could help them quiet a bit with things.

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    The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination

    - Douglas Adams

  3. Re:Bad summary. by hal2814 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's exactly what it is. I found a picture of it online if anyone is interested.

  4. Re:maybe I miss read. by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

    But even more importantly - will it blend?

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    which is totally what she said
  5. Re:Is anyone slightly worried about some of this? by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

    *somewhere deep underground in an abandoned missile silo*

    Evil Data Mining Henchman: Look, master! This one smiles for 62% of the time while playing Half-Life 2! And they only have 512MB of RAM!

    Evil Data Mining Master: MWAAAHAHAHAHHHAHHAHAHAA!! Excellent work, Patrick! Soon we shall know just how much all of those poor fools are smiling! My intricately pointless and entirely impotent plan for world domination is almost complete!!

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    which is totally what she said