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Thought-Controlled Apps On Android May Not Be Far
Julie188 writes "A small PC device company wants to bring thought-controlled apps to the Android market. Mind Technologies (once known by the cute name of Jedi Mind) has promised to make it so. Mind Technologies makes PC devices (a game controller and mouse) that work with the strange-but-true Emotiv headset. Emotiv uses brain waves to operate machines. Although it sounds far fetched, electroencephalogram (EEG) controllers do work, but the products on the market so far are not as easy to use, let alone master, as their makers claim."
If I were a pessimist, I would make some comment about how this could enable an app to listen in on your thoughts without your knowing, like a keylogger. Then I would probably add something about combining that with the GPS tracking available in most Android phones and possibly include a reference to the Thought Police.
As it is, I welcome our new thought-controlled overlords/underlings?
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We were going to order some of these for the development of our recommendation system called "Smart Player" which is a phone app. But, the people at emotiv don't take payment through anything but paypal which is a problem for a University. "Just put the money in an anonymous paypal account".
The slashdot summary is incorrect. Emotiv is made by a rival company, not by (formerly) Jedi mind. Also, Emotiv seems to recognize facial expressions, not read brain signals. So, there's some confusion here.
This is actually a pretty interesting point to make.
Would we gain more control over our own thought patterns having them public for all to see? I'd suspect so.
Then again, it is pretty hard to stop pure reflexes.
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