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A Baseball Hat That Reads Your Mind
esocid writes to tell us that researchers from Taiwan have created a new baseball cap complete with embedded bio-signal monitoring system. The purpose was to give a neural interface that could be useful in everyday life. "The cap contains five embedded dry electrodes on the wearer's forehead, and one electrode behind the left ear, that acquire EEG signals. Then, the EEG signals are wirelessly transmitted to a data receiver, where they are processed in real-time by a dual-core processor. The BCI system includes Bluetooth transmission for distances of 10m or less (e.g., for driving applications), as well as RF transmission for distances up to 600m (e.g., for potential sports applications). Next, the processed signals are transmitted back to the cap, where the data can be stored, displayed in real-time on a screen, or be used to trigger an audio warning, if necessary."
Why not a propeller-hat? At least that way we have something worth reading.
Do it yourself, because no one else will do it yourself. [beta blockade 10-17 Feb]
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Well, other than the GIANT ANTENNA sticking out of it and the scotch tape behind the ear.
I used to wear a baseball hat.. for a while I even wore it sideways, or backwards. It was only after I stopped wearing it all together that I noticed how much people were treating me like an idiot. A few years later I discovered I was shorted sighted and got glasses and discovered another way to get people to instantly treat you differently. I hear that if you hold documents at arms length to read them people think you are older and treat you with more respect, haven't tried that one myself.
So yeah, although you might have some magic baseball hat that makes you smarter, it's not going to matter much, people are still going to treat you like an invalid.
How we know is more important than what we know.
The EEG obtains information arising largely from the cortex and the summation of millions of neuronal currents. It is inaccurate and not reliable enough for critical applications (any situation where 'backfiring' is a bad thing).
As far as I am aware, the state of art of computer interpretation of EEG is only up to monitoring awareness and sleep and possibly detecting seizures, so this would be good for patients in hospitals & home in diagnosing epilepsy.Might be useful for train drivers or pilots, though, in detecting a sleeper-at-the-wheel.
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"The cap contains five embedded dry electrodes on the wearer's forehead"
My head sweat will kill those electrodes in two lawn mowings. And that'll be just from the smell.
--I'm not talking about dance lessons. I'm talking about putting a brick through the other guy's windshield.-
Other than the audio warning, this hat idea has a long way to go before it becomes useful. I guess you could make it zap you a little when you're looking at a girl way out of your league. Wait, this just turned into a geek-survival tool. This could work.
...it won't be able to penetrate my tinfoil hat.
At long last we can get a direct reading of how many IQ points you lose when you put on a baseball hat—and how many more you lose when you wear it backward or sideways.
I'm a Programmer. That's one level above Software Engineer and one level below Engineer.
...wants to wirelessly hack the hat and fire electricity into their brain via the headwear.
Think of it. You just spent a few hundred bucks on a hat and some smartass with a laptop keeps electronically jabbing you in the skull while you run through the park.
I, for one, would laugh until my beverage escaped through my nose!
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Video Games.
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
Shortly ofter the announcement that a mind reading cap might be possible, the bush administration announces it's intent to mandate that everyone now wear baseball caps. When ask why, they remarked that it was for your benefit, to make you feel happier, like you were at a baseball game, for your benefit. The administration stated that it will boost productivity just like the change daylight savings, for your benefit.
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with my tinfoil hat turned against me what shall I do?
We are the Borg...
I've got my cap on backwards!
Have gnu, will travel.
You'll go to...
Gryffindor...
yay!
By-the-way, the answers are: No (you look like a moron) and (sigh, not again) no.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .