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G-Tec's thought control hat |
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Friday, 13 June 2008 |
From Engadget:
Hey you. Yeah, you, listen in close; we've seen the future here at
CeBIT. If you thought that the idea of controlling your gaming rig
with only your mind was just a bit too Tomorrowland, then you
haven't laid eyes on the "brain-computer interface" developed by
Austria's Guger Tecnologies (g.tec).
We're happy to report that in a game of thought-control vs.
Engadget man-editor, we were totally pwned at Pong. 10-to-4 if you
must know. Our competition sat smug in his stool thinking about
where he wanted his paddle to go, as we flailed about helpless with
mouse and keyboard in a wake of alpha waves. At least we didn't
have to smear gel on our scalp and wear a funny hat -- ha! The
system works by cleverly measuring fluctuations in electrical
voltage in the brain and then translating them into computer
commands. The technology has already been commercialized into the
size of an iPAQ Pocket PC for hospitals and research institutes. It
costs about $5,000 with a 99 - 100% level of accuracy for "trained
subjects." We had our hat handed to us by a person who just started
using the system, yesterday. Hell, that's a shorter learning curve
than Graffiti.
Although the technology shows great promise in controlling
prosthetics and assisting the disabled with communications, we
found ourselves (and our new best scientist friends, Christoph
Guger and Ingo Niedermayer) eagerly discussing its use as a Second
Life controller and of course, in robotics. Be sure to click the
read link below for all the details; check the gallery for the
gore.
link: http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/16/g-tecs-thought-control-hat/
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