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Haier’s Brain-Controlled TV Doesn’t Actually Control Anything

12:45PM January 12, 2012 | Adrian Covert

On the floor of CES, tucked away in Haier’s booth is a TV set advertising BRAIN CONTROL. I was immediately intrigued. Could I think about wanting to watch the latest episode of Teen Mom and have it automatically flash on screen? I had to find out. More »


Science

Cerebro Now Used For Slot Car Racing

2:20AM October 19, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Slot car racing is the ultimate way to determine superiority between friends. And now this mind-controlled version ups the ante, since it means the winner also possesses superior mental capabilities. More »


Gadgets

XWave Headset Lets You Control iPhone Apps With Your BRAIN

11:20AM September 8, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

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. More »


George Lucas Presses “Lawsuit” Button On Jedi Mind Wireless Headset Company

6:40PM August 24, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

It’s easy to laugh at George Lucas for suing people left, right and center, but when his latest target is a company calling itself “Jedi Mind Inc”, you can’t help side with the bearded movie maker. They’re asking for it. More »


How To Hack Mind-Reading Toys

9:20AM April 14, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Mind-controlled toys are one of those little things that remind you we’re sort of living in the future today (also: Disney FastPass). If you have some brain/computer schemes of your own, here’s a thorough guide to hacking those toys. More »


Science

Microsoft EMG Would Let Users Strong-Arm Gadgets Into Submission

7:00AM January 4, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Mind control is one way to control tomorrow’s gadgets, but Microsoft is at work on something simpler but no less effective (comparatively speaking): Controllers that involve nothing but the electrical impulses that take place everyday in our muscle tissue. More »


The Mindflex Brainwave Game Gives Me A Headache

8:40AM November 5, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Mind-control games like Mindflex are poised to be a big seller come Christmas time, but is it really worth spending $US80 on? It gives me a headache just thinking about it. More »


Mind Control Games Make A Comeback

9:00AM November 2, 2009 | Jack Loftus

As mind control toys, games and electronics position themselves to become the big ticket items of the holiday season, we children of the 80s can just sit back and smile, content with the knowledge that we’ve seen it all before. More »


Science

Scientists Use Laser Beams and Engineered Algae Viruses to Control Your Mind

9:26AM May 1, 2009 | Wilson Rothman

That’s right: Scientists will achieve mind control. By shining laser beams. Directly at cells in your brain. Which have been intentionally infected. By a blue-light sensitive virus. That they made in a lab. From algae.

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Science

Your Brain to Your Hands: I Can Twitter Without You

2:10AM April 22, 2009 | John Mahoney

newVideoPlayer("/P3Twitter.flv", 506, 423,""); Stupid hands, always getting the glory for all of the hard work that originates with me. Now, fingers, feel your tragic irrelevance as I tweet with electric elegance without your pitiful clumsiness!

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