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A New Brain Interface Controller for Video Games -- Or Maybe Something Naughtier

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 »

11:50 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Annalee Newitz
2,996 views, 21 comments

Latest by qDot: I went to the Emotiv talks at GDC this week, and their software SDK is already available (though there's no way in hell I can afford to license the hardware SDK). Still on track for releasing "later this year" (just more »

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Turn on Your Computer By Hyperventilating

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 »

12:01 PM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Annalee Newitz
311 views, 5 comments

Latest by Eac_o_System: The internet will be on when you hyperventilate, and the iPhone will come on when you spew puke!!! more »