4 May 2007
Thought Controlled Video Games
Neurosky has just released their prototyped mind reading game controller. That’s right… with focused thought the user can effectively control movements and game play actions. There is a mask which below it has sensors that touches the user’s forehead and reads the brain’s electrical signals which sends them wirelessly to a receiver which lights up when you are concentrating. Engineers at NeuroSky Inc. have big plans for brain wave-reading toys and video games. They say the simple Darth Vader game — a relatively crude biofeedback device cloaked in gimmicky garb — portends the coming of more sophisticated devices that could revolutionize the way people play. Imagine the other implications of this in medicine and anywhere…
