Posted on 06/30/2009 7:00:59 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
The Force can be with anyone now.
Later this summer, anybody anywhere will have the ability to physically move stuff with their minds like characters do in "Star Wars." No joke.
A new toy that harnesses the same technology doctors use to monitor brain waves will arrive in stores in August. The toy moves when it senses a change in the user's brain-wave patterns.
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I can imagine hackers and geeks having fun with this already.
Can I get a version that lifts skirts? ;)
I want one! I want to use it on the teleprompter.
Whether to use my new superpowers for good or evil, that is the question.
neurofeedback - not really new technology.
but what happens when the kid gets tired of making the ball rise and fall? $120 one shot gimmick.
Does this mean I have to learn to control my brain waves, lest in about ten years I accidentally whack out some old duffer’s pacemaker?
Of course, I can do that now, but not with my brain.
Neurofeedback? Wasn’t there a seventies version? Biofeedback? Before my time. Help.
He takes it apart and connects the circuit that normally goes to the fan to some other gadget. Buzzer under teacher's desk, camera in girl's locker room.. kids can be very creative.
“You don’t know the power of the DARK side!”
Shoot, I already had one of those when I was a kid. It was called a Ouija board.
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
What am I going to do with a drawer full of bent spoons? Open a Dennys?
ALL OF YOUR TOTUS SCRIPTS ARE BELONG TO US!
Biofeedback was simply a heart rate and alpha wave monitor. One learned to manage stress by modulating these two measurements.
This is different. Neurologically, it is an extension of the body similar to an additional limb.
neurofeedback is when you attach electrodes to specific parts of your head, and use your thoughts to effect images on a screen, such as space ships dodging meteors. it’s therapy used to discipline your brain, a treatment for ADHD, IIRC.
biofeedback is using your perception of what’s hapenning with your body to control certain functions.
I’m certian SOMEONE will correct me if I got anything wrong.
or else you get an expensive penis enlarger;-)
Either way you are going to need a Super Villain or a Super Hero costume so we can recognize your magnificence
What would be neater would be something that would allow two or more degrees of motion, so you could control steering and speed on an RC car or plane with your mind.
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