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Arduino Assisted Mind-Controlled Television

Posted by timothy on from the just-exercising-my-brain-in-here dept.

andylim writes "Dcept905, aka Paul, has interfaced an EEG headset and an Arduino with an IR LED to control his television set with thought alone. 'I have finally gotten around to re-writing some of my old code and re-recording a proper demo of controlling physical objects using thoughts by interfacing an EEG headset with an Arduino. While this technology is interesting and exciting, before anyone sees this as an endorsement for this particular EEG headset, I strongly recommend reading my full review of the device.'"

3 of 47 comments (clear)

  1. Interesting to see.. by joocemann · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... that we can now control the TV with our minds after decades of it going the other way.

  2. That's great... by matunos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... for paraplegics, but I think I'll stick with my current thought-controlled interface: hands.

  3. I have a problem with my TV... by harpake · · Score: 5, Funny

    It keeps changing to porn every seven seconds.