Emotiv – Brain Computer Interface Technology
Just stumbled across this thing through a friend’s link the other day, and I can’t wait to start playing around with it..It is from a company called Emotiv, and is:
“a high resolution, neuro-signal acquisition and processing wireless neuroheadset. It uses a set of sensors to tune into electric signals produced by the brain to detect player thoughts, feelings and expressions and connects wirelessly to most PCs.” (from here).
Emotiv Brain Computer Interface Technology
There are even Tetris-like games that you can play with this device, like Cortex Arcade (shown below) and Spirit Mountain Demo Game.
Cortex Arcade
It seems like it seem to work for some people better than others. There is a YouTube video (shown below) that shows someone unpacking it from the box and trying it out with the supplied demo software. Their results are a bit fuzzy as to how well it works for them, however.
Maybe the console-makers will incorporate this into their next-gen systems? It seems that Nintendo might already be planning to go down this route..Other companies, such as Canadian Interaxon are actively working to integrate thought-controlled computing into real-world scenarios, like recently at the Vancouver Winter Olympics where visitors were able to use their brainwaves to control live lightshows.