Brain Games

There was a recent post called Mind Tech about Honda building a brain censoring device that was able to send commands to ASIMO, the advanced robot. The device used select areas of the brain and the brain waves that were generated to be able to figure out if someone wanted to, say, move a hand on the robot up or down. If we can monitor one area of the brain with something strapped to our head, then we can certainly monitor another part of our brain in a similar fashion.

That is the idea behind some really nifty gadgets that are set to debut to the general public by the time the holiday buying season begins. Some of the better known companies in the field making the push for such devices are NeuroSky and Emotiv; both with respective products almost set to launch.The picture above shows a game by Mattel that will use the mind to control the speeds of fans to make the ball move through an obstacle course. Notice the band on the top of the person's head. This is used to record specific brain waves that are then processed to fit patterns of behavior that will ultimately control the functions of the game. The key, however, is that the head piece is much smaller in size than their older counterparts.

Check out the video below for a cool demo on the power of these headsets.