mind control

Toys

The Mindflex Brainwave Game Gives Me A Headache

8:40AM 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 »
Toys

Mind Control Games Make A Comeback

9:00AM 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 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. More »
Science

Your Brain to Your Hands: I Can Twitter Without You

2:10AM John Mahoney | 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! More »
Robots

Honda Asimo Creators Turning Your Brain into the Ultimate Robot Controller

3:45PM Elaine Chow | You know what I think the worst thing about having a robot army is? You have to press buttons. It’s much more satisfying to get every automaton to do your bidding by just thinking it. More »
Science

Scientists Demo Living, Remote-Control Flying Cyborg Beetles

10:08PM John Herrman | Berkeley University scientists demoed a remote-control Rhinoceros beetle at a conference this week, repeatedly flying the cyborgian creature into observers’ faces while screaming “WE ARE GODS! WE HUNGER FOR BLOOD SACRIFICE! More »
Toys

Mind Flex: Like Basketball, FOR YOUR BRAIN

1:52AM Mark Wilson | Putting a ball through a hoop is no big deal, unless you’re using your brain to do it. More »
Games

Square-Enix Teams Up With NeuroSky For Mind-Controlled Gaming Concept

11:30AM Adrian Covert | Square-Enix and NeuroSky will unveil a mind-controlled gaming demo on Thursday at the Tokyo Game Show. The setup works with a Windows PC and the MindSky headset, and runs Square’s software created specifically for this demo. The headset fits over your head with earmuffs and has one electrode that monitors brainwaves. The headset itself is compatible with many different platforms, but it isn’t specified what level of control your brainwaves have over the game. Neurosky only says the headset it monitors your level of relaxation and concentration. The demo will take place in NeuroSky’s booth at TGS. [BusinessWire] More »
Games

Winning Brainball Requires Years of Destroying Your Mind with Booze

3:20AM Mark Wilson | This is Jeff. He’s losing to me at Brainball, which is on display at Wired’s NextFest. It’s sort of like soccer if numbing your mind could score a goal. I asked the creator, why not reward the player who can think the hardest? He responded, “because the best games are the ones that you don’t think to play.” And it actually works. As Jeff contemplated actuarial probability, I crushed him with Zen-like concentration on nothing. Also, I think he may have hemorrhoids or something. More »