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NIA Brain-Computer Interface, Mind-Control Gaming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-it-melts-your-brain dept.

MojoKid writes "Sunnyvale-based manufacturer OCZ Technology has laid claim to being the first to bring a 'brain-computer' interface to the retail market and they have aimed it squarely at the gamer. The device is called the NIA, which is an acronym that stands for Neural Impulse Actuator. Instead of buttons, sticks, gyroscopes or motion sensors, it reads the body's natural bio-signals and translates them into commands that can be used to control PC games. This evaluation of the NIA shows the product actually works as advertised, with a little practice. It can, in some cases, offer reaction times superior to standard controllers, based on faster trigger response time, and the difference is quite noticeable and immediate."

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  1. First post! by Plantain · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was using an NIA interface so I beat you all :o

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    No, but I did throw granola at a deaf person once
  2. Just remember... by LinuxKitten · · Score: 5, Funny

    You must think in Russian. You cannot think in English and then transpose.

    1. Re:Just remember... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      That musta been an old version of Firefox. You can just add a language now.

    2. Re:Just remember... by callmetheraven · · Score: 2, Funny

      In Soviet Russia...! Aw shit, there's just no sport in this one.

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      You can have my SIG when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
    3. Re:Just remember... by spazdor · · Score: 5, Funny

      I am insensitive, you Russian clod!

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      DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
  3. mind reading and time travel? by the_B0fh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow! With the recent report about the brain making decisions up to seven seconds before you know it, this means you can frag your opponents before they even show up.

  4. Counter it with pr0n... by stoicfaux · · Score: 4, Funny

    In games like Team Fortress 2, you can spray an image on an in-game wall. In theory, if you spray a distracting image (not necessarily pornographic,) you could seriously throw off this controller.

    Subliminal images might be fun also...

  5. Pump and dump! by DarrenBaker · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone around here's gone long on OCZ stock.

  6. Old idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought of this idea back in the early 90s, unfortunately the tech was not available then. Good to see someone has made it now, even though it is just a rip off of an old idea of mine

  7. Let me get this straight by krkhan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Me: *Playing Devil May Cry 8*
    Trish: *Appears as an enemy boss clad in a hot bikini*
    Me: *Shouts at the TV* NO! NO! DANTE! NO! GODDAMIT! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SHOOT YOUR GUN -- NOT FAP!!!