Brain-Reading Headset

Brain-Reading Headset
Posted by jocelyn on 22 Feb, 2008 00:07
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Brain-Reading Headset to Sell for $299

Wednesday February 20, 5:25 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) ? Hands cramping up from too many video games?

How about controlling games with your thoughts instead? Later this year, Emotiv Systems Inc. plans to start selling the $299 EPOC neuroheadset to let you do just that.

The headset\'s sensors are designed to detect conscious thoughts and expressions as well as "non-conscious emotions" by reading electrical signals around the brain, says the company, which demonstrated the wireless gadget at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

The company, which unveiled a prototype last year, says the headset can detect emotions such as anger, excitement and tension, as well as facial expressions and cognitive actions like pushing and pulling objects.

The headset will be sold with a game developed by Emotiv, but it can also be made to work with existing PC games, the company said. Users will also be able to access an online portal to play more games, chat or upload their own content such as music or photos.

Emotiv plans to work with IBM Corp. to explore applications beyond video gaming. The "brain computer interface" technology could transform not only gaming, but how humans and computers interact, said Paul Ledak, vice president of IBM\'s Digital Convergence business.

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Posted by solver on 22 Feb, 2008 00:22
original prototype: c.1985

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Posted by Whathefunk on 22 Feb, 2008 01:30
haha good one solver....

when i read this though, all i could think about was that scene in demolition man when sandra bullock and stallone have virtual sex with the helmets.

crappy pic but its all i could find

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Posted by jocelyn on 22 Feb, 2008 15:18
That\'s funny. I have never seen the movie Demolition Man, but I did see a softcore **** on Cinemax once that had a "plot" that basically centered around virtual sex with a similar looking headset. It was funny.

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Posted by tyzack on 27 Feb, 2008 09:14
What happens when you die and are waiting to respawn?

Does it make you go comotos for a second?

It also reminds me of the following song:
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You put on the videohelmet and you quickly realize that this is not just another videogame - your entire field of vision fills with another worldly scene - youre in the game! - one day will come when you
Enter the cyberspace and you never ever want to get out - cause reality is **** and cyberspace is god:

Delete yourself - delete yourself
Go!
Are you ready?

Delete yourself! you got no chance to win!
The **** the **** is gonna make me sick
Youre telling me this I tell you that
Youre sitting there fat and what do you get?
Is nothing for your money!
No chance to win thats what I tell you
But find it out your problem isnt mine
Try to feel something any longer
Ha! were getting stronger!
The end of the new age thats what it is!
Lets take the **** theres nothing to risk
Oh come on! shoot the fuckers and sweat the technique
Two blind eyes thats what we need
Go away and play your game!
Heres the order:
Delete yourself!
Go!

Delete yourself! you got no chance to win!
Fbi and cia
Im waiting for the day when they stop playing
1984 is a joke when you see where we are 10 years later!
War will be a warm up and then it will be forgotten
Politicians lie while others die - Ive had enough!
Tell the truth thats what I want
Tell a lie I cant decide whether its right or wrong
**** the system, man, **** it up!
Start the riot! start it now!
You dont know? we tell you how!
Come policeman shoot me down! youll lose atr is around!

Delete yourself! you got no chance to win!
Go! go! go! go! go! go!
Delete yourself! delete yourself!
Delete yourself! delete yourself!
1, 2, 3, 4!
Delete yourself! you got no chance to win!