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Watch this video and behold the future. The monkey in the far right of the frame has a brain-computer interface that allows him to control a highly-advanced robotic arm with his thoughts. Soon, humans will be doing the same. More »
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Last night a company called Emotiv showed off its latest generation BCI (that's brain-computer interface) controller to a bunch of nerds from the Game Developer Conference — including our sister site Kotaku's brave and fearless Brian Crecente. Basically, you stick this helmet on your head and control what's on screen via brain-generated electricity that's picked up by EEG sensors. Brian wasn't that impressed — as you can see in the video he made, it's not exactly zappy gameplay. But it does open up BCI controllers to the masses in a way that just hasn't happened before. Of course, somebody has already come up with a way to turn this into a sex toy. More »
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Hyperventilation may be the new power button. Scientists developing brain computer interfaces (BCIs) for disabled people have had great success with EEG interfaces that allow brain signals to guide the cursor. But they couldn't solve the boot-up problem — the EEG interface just wasn't able to translate "turn on" thoughts into a command. Now researchers in Austria think they've got it solved with EKG heart monitors that can convert human heartbeats into a "power up" signal. More »
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