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- delmar14, on 02/20/2008, -0/+54When i was in high school I wrote a term paper in physics about using brain waves as a way to interface with video games and computers. I got a C because my teacher said my idea was too outlandish and science-fictioney to ever be made a reality.
- supermanred, on 02/20/2008, -10/+60If you tied that ***** onto my head, the game console would go insane in about 5 seconds from the brief contact with my twisted mind. Seriously. Insane. The PS3 would spew those talking babies from the ads and the 360 would red ring of death and explode.
- Audiophile27, on 02/20/2008, -4/+37Dont think about porn, Dont think about porn, Dont think about porn...etc
- yohnstoppable, on 02/20/2008, -2/+32"360 would red ring of death and explode."
How is that different than what happens now? - truspect0r, on 02/20/2008, -8/+31It's definitely going to cause Cancer.
- capiCrimm, on 02/20/2008, -0/+22because we would know why it happened.
- feacesface, on 02/20/2008, -0/+19So why not do something useful with this device and develop it for quadriplegics?
- delmar14, on 02/20/2008, -0/+18I'll gladly take his place for that...
- zetsurin, on 02/20/2008, -3/+21Too bad the mind powers of most Diggers wouldn't be strong enough to register a signal.
- Track, on 02/20/2008, -1/+19Sweet! I just ordered my Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7 deck from Amazon.com this morning!
- MelbournePete, on 02/20/2008, -1/+19You should track her down and make her read the article. Then tell her, this is why you are a still a teacher and I'm a "X". Unless X = unemployed computer game player who hasn't changed his socks in 3 days in which case you should make something up.
- delmar14, on 02/20/2008, -0/+18Guess I'll need to make something up then.
- dudefather, on 02/20/2008, -1/+18"odd why is my character shooting himself after I take control?"
- LordSeth, on 02/20/2008, -0/+16This sounds good as long as Jack Thompson doesnt use it to monitor thought patterns of gamers and make another bogus study.
- jjcyber, on 02/20/2008, -2/+18Even when taking these considerations into account, this headset is still a huge step in the right direction! It could mean the beginning of the new paradigm for human/computer interaction. I cant wait.
- Ouze, on 02/20/2008, -3/+19the burning question in the minds of 4 million WoW gamers...
can it detect /spit? - rishdeep, on 02/20/2008, -2/+17I'd stick with the Powerglove. It's so bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZErvASwdlU - ablacksunrise, on 02/20/2008, -1/+15Not even the tinfoil hats will save us from adware in our brains!
- neverending, on 02/20/2008, -0/+13In 30 years, people will laugh at the fear with which this technology was viewed, just as we laugh today about how distrustful some are of computers. If people just took the half hour it takes to learn about the technology behind this, they wouldn't be half as scared as they are.
- neverending, on 02/20/2008, -0/+13From what I've read about experiments with mind controllers (particularly in apes), it can eventually feel like controlling a third arm - our mind is incredibly plastic for these sorts of things. So there'll be a difference between imagining that you are doing something with this controller, and actually doing it.
If that makes sense. - badenglishihave, on 02/20/2008, -0/+12I don't understand how these things will work. I often think about things that are completely irrational if not illegal. I do not, however, let my fingers click my way into trouble. So how will it differentiate between what I'm *going* to do and what I'm thinking about doing?
- frakingcylons, on 02/20/2008, -1/+13is this going to be a one hit wonder like the virtual boy? i sure hope not...although I liked waterworld
- Reaper2806, on 02/20/2008, -0/+12One step closer to the Matrix?
- Christbait, on 02/20/2008, -9/+21I think I'll just stick with my old school controller, thanks. That ***** isn't going anywhere near my brain.
- employeeno5, on 02/20/2008, -0/+11The first time I saw a device doing this demoed was on a technology tv show of some kind in the early nineties. They were brain controlling Super Mario Bros. 3. I was 10. A couple times a year every year since then I see another article about this kind of controller being about to come out. I have yet to see a functioning model on the market even though this technology applied to video games (never mind the the technology behind it in general) is at least fifteen years old.
I'm not saying this article is bogus. I'd just be very skeptical. It makes for an exciting headline every now and then when it's really not news at all, unless a viable product is actually, finally on store shelves. - capiCrimm, on 02/20/2008, -0/+11technically, he'll be dead in 4 hours 32 minutes unless he can pull a key out of his own stomach.
- Jigsaw. - Klarth, on 02/20/2008, -0/+11So why is the woman in the picture using her hands?
- sponeil, on 02/20/2008, -0/+11Eating causes cancer.
- netdroid9, on 02/20/2008, -0/+10Electroencephalography.
- RATM4EVER, on 02/20/2008, -0/+10does it pause the game for you when it senses you have to take a piss?
- neverending, on 02/20/2008, -0/+10Gaming, and the entertainment industry in general, have been known for producing technological advances which can then be used to benefit society Just look at the PS3, which is now the primary contributor of computing power to the Folding@Home project. It's the commercial backing these products get which make them possible.
So, in a way, by making this a commercially-viable entertainment device, they are making a future device for quadriplegics all the more feasible. - DarKnight90, on 02/20/2008, -2/+12FINALLY.
- gak001, on 02/20/2008, -0/+8Similarly, I remember a Saturday morning playing NES when I commented to my brother "Wouldn't it be awesome if they could make it look like movies?" and he replied, "yeah, but that'll never happen."
- akatherder, on 02/20/2008, -0/+8It better not be like that freaky ***** in Demolition Man.
- eerbin13, on 02/20/2008, -2/+9You're silly.
- cJw314, on 02/20/2008, -0/+7Not with the rate of tech advances.
- Orion682, on 02/20/2008, -0/+7Who says the same exact device can't be used for exactly that? Push moves forward, pull moves back, and rotate turns you. Just remapping inputs to the motors in the chair. Not to mention it'd let quads PLAY GAMES and DO SOMETHING, which sounds like nothing, but it's little things like that that make life more bearable. These people can't play any games right now, can't read a book on their own, etc. I'm sure having an activity other than watching tv or being taken for a walk would be a godsend to them.
- Tasach, on 02/20/2008, -0/+7This system is no where near that sensitive identify what you are thinking in such a specific way.
- realyst, on 02/20/2008, -1/+8To those who dugg him down: read Neuromancer your bookless miscreants!
Seriously, I've my best friend's image in a Construct and no interface with which to mock him. - TheClassicalGod, on 02/20/2008, -0/+6There have been similar developments for just that. I remember reading about it two or so years ago actually. There was a documentary on that, though I can't remember where I saw it.
- TheWorm, on 02/20/2008, -0/+6WTF??
- GuruCesc, on 02/20/2008, -0/+6You sure make honor to that nickname!!
- BuboTitan, on 02/20/2008, -2/+8Great. The opposite of the Wii. Another device to keep people on the couch. Now they can sit in a vegatative state and don't have to really move at all.
- Orion682, on 02/20/2008, -0/+6Neuromancer didn't have a jack in your skull, that was The Matrix. Neuromancer had a band of electrodes that you'd put on your head to jack-in to cyberspace.
/me rides his Kuang Grade Mark 11 into the depths of the net - Fxer, on 02/20/2008, -0/+6Don't stop at wheelchairs. You can could control artificial limbs with that.
- johnjohnstonson, on 02/20/2008, -3/+9You'll be long dead by then, iicyber.
- PurpleSfinx, on 02/20/2008, -1/+6Exchange of bodily fluids? Eww.
- Elfman9, on 02/20/2008, -1/+6This is the precursor to being able to "Jack in" to Cyberspace. Next they'll have a plug on the back of your neck that you can plug directly into the net. Then we'll have Black ICE, Rogue AIs, and nasty virus' that will eat our brains! Just like Neuromancer! Case Rules!
- Fxer, on 02/20/2008, -1/+6I hope it doesn't become as confusing as eXistenZ.
- Clydesdale, on 02/20/2008, -0/+5What netdroid9 said. The sensors are picking up brainwave patterns and has nothing to do with movement or moisture. Secondly, I suspect the device will have be trained much like voice recognition programs are trained now. That is to say take the user through various "Okay, now smile!" "Now think about moving forward!". Like VR software it will probably work right out of the box with generalized pre-defined patterns but the accuracy will be all over the place until a person 'trains' it.
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