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OCZ's Brain Mouse Hits the Store

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the world-will-never-be-the-same dept.

John Roller writes "Three months to the day since Slashdot originally received word that OCZ's "brain-mouse" — the Neural Impulse Actuator was ready for shipping, the first in-depth review of the device containing pictures of the retail packaging along with several videos have arrived on the internet. Overclock3D.Net got the first look at the device, and although it's still early days, they managed to play a game of "Pong" using only brain power. The article is only part one in a month-long log of using the device, but it's extremely interesting to see what the people who have pre-ordered the device can expect from it when it arrives on their doorsteps shortly."

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  1. Hurray? by PunkOfLinux · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hurrah? O.o
    This sounds interesting, at least. I wonder if it works on linux. Seriously. Does it work as a standard HID device?

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  2. Re:I have to wonder by Verteiron · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If someone read my mind they'd deserve every ounce of psychological trauma they received.

    Seriously though, this device has nothing to do with mind-reading. It's not even capable of reading brainwaves like an EEG machine. It's just measuring electrical signals to muscles on your face.

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  3. Head Mouse by rednip · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Sorry, but this thing doesn't read minds, it measures movement in facial muscles, particularly in the eye brows. Many may find it useful because of a medical problem, cerebral palsy victims likely would, as fine grain muscle control is needed.

    Perhaps it should be call a 'head mouse', or 'face mouse', as 'Brain Mouse' is misleading.

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  4. Re:I have to wonder by Kugrian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Stop winking at me!"

    "I'm not - I'm trying to send an email!"

    Seriously though, decades of keyboard and mouse usage have given me superhero-like fingers when compared to none computer users. Will extended use of this give me a face like a body builders chest?

  5. Re:Great for non-gaming also by petermgreen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That assumes that thier disorder doesn't affect thier speech too badly for speach recognition to work.

    There are people who's only means of communication is using a blink movement or similar to select words as a computer scans a grid.

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  6. Re:I have to wonder by Lord+Ender · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's a bit like putting a thermometer next to your PC and saying, 'Today we can only tell if it is hot or cold, but someday, we may be able to read every bit on the computer using only the thermometer!'

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