XWave Headset Lets You Control iPhone Apps With Your BRAIN

You could argue that the iPhone’s biggest UI leap was turning the user’s finger into a stylus. Now, with the PLX XWave headset, you can turn your BRAIN into the stylus. Or your finger? My head hurts already.

From what I can gather – and this is only from what I can gather – the PLX XWave is a sensor-laden headset that plugs into your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad and lets you interact with apps simply by thinking. This promotional video shows a glowing orb appearing in the palms of users, but I’m pretty sure that doesn’t actually happen when you’re using it:

Here, according to the company’s site, is what actually happens:

XWave, powered by NeuroSky eSense patented technologies, senses the faintest electrical impulses transmitted through your skull to the surface of your forehead and converts these analogue signals into digital. With XWave, you will be able to detect attention and meditation levels, as well as train your mind to control things. Objects in a game can be controlled, lights in your living room can change colour depending on your mood; the possibilities are limited to only the power of your imagination.

I’m not sure how they make the leap to controlling lights, and I definitely wouldn’t say that the possibilities were only limited by one’s imagination, but hey, it’s MIND CONTROL, and that’s always fun. PLX is even serving up their APIs so developers can make their own brain-controlled apps. Doodle Jumping with your brain – if that isn’t the future than I don’t know what is. You can order an XWave for $US100; it ships on November 1. [PLX]