Friday, March 14, 2008

Mind reading

There seems to be quite a l0t of stuff I've been reading in the news and online lately about developments in science which allow thoughts to be read by computers to perform actions. I find this sort of thing facisnating and I think goes perfectly hand in hand with gaming and interactivy which are things I am very interested in. Here are some videos:

Voiceless phone call:


Controlling a rat with a laptop (bit weird but very interesting):


Second life being controlled with mind control:


Obviously very useful for people with paralysis etc, but also would be great for the entertainment industry. Hopefully in upcoming years the use for this will be applied to games, allowing a step up from the Wii's simulated interactivity to actually moving a character by thinking about walking, as though you are actually in the game.

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