Brain-Computer Interface Gives New Meaning to "Mind Control"
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Can a well-directed thought be as good as a mouse click? With an Emotiv EPOC headset, the answer is yes. And then some. Though Emotiv describe their device as a "high-resolution, neuro-signal acquisition and processing wireless neuroheadset," we're quite content to call it a thinking cap.

Brain-Computer Interface Gives New Meaning to "Mind Control"

Tan Le, the head of Emotiv Systems, demonstrated the EPOC headset at this year's TEDGlobal conference (the good stuff begins around the 4:30 mark):

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3lchjn (14) 8/4/10 6:19 PM
i dont like this, but if it includes videogames sign me up
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Verrou (5) 8/4/10 10:13 PM
I feel bad that i was more excited about the rolex ad at the end XD
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eshian (253) 8/5/10 3:27 AM
PSH, you 2 may not be excited but im spazzing out. I WANT ONE.
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Bernard Dreyer (1) 8/6/10 8:52 AM
dudes, if i lived in the USA i would have ordered one already. this thing is the most legend thing since Chuck Norris!! :D
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Krasimir Ivanov 8/6/10 10:56 AM
NEAT!!
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DrGraveCorpse (4) 8/6/10 12:56 PM
When I saw this, first thing that popped in my mind was .hack. If we can play games like that or even better, then I would spend all my money on that thing.
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HartKat (15) 8/12/10 6:41 PM
Amazing quite a break through!
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