Well its taken all my childhood and some of my adult life but finally, finally, they've come up with a way to control computers, more specifically games with just our thoughts! This research in Australia, explained on the BBC news site by President of US/Australian firm Emotiv, Tan Lee, is the latest in the technology known as non-invasive electroencephalography (EEG).
"It picks up electrical activity from the brain and sends wireless signals to a computer. The headset could be used to improve the realism of emotional responses of AI characters in games. If you laughed or felt happy after killing a character in a game then your virtual buddy could admonish you for being callous"
This head-set is surprisingly cheap. As the technology has grown so its cost has gone down to only $299. A small price to pay for moving things with your mind.
So here's what I'm thinking. We get a Wii controller for the Xbox 360 or the PS3, full motion sensativity. Then we get this mind reading thing (electro reading, whatever) and then we get Lucas Arts to make us a Jedi game. Use the Wii mote as a lightsaber and then we can actually have force powers and us THEM PROPERLY! Is that not awesome.
Check out the link here to the BBC news site if your interested in reading about how the science works. Click here.
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