Emotiv's new brain-computer interface

Emotiv Systems recently unveiled a brain/computer interface system with a helmet and software applications. The Project Epoc system can move objects based on a gamer's thoughts, reflect facial expressions, and respond to the excitement or calm the gamer mentally exerts.

clipped from www.tomorrowstrends.com Brain controlled computer games Below is a video discussing and demonstrating Emotiv's new brain interface. clipped from www.sciam.com Emotiv Systems introduces a sensor-laden headset that interprets gamers' intentions, emotions and facial expressions EPOC GAMING HEADSET: Emotiv's $299 EPOC headset (with 14 sensors) will enable gamers to use their own brain activity to interact with the virtual worlds where they play. Courtesy of Emotiv Systems The EPOC detects brain activity noninvasively using electroencephalography (EEG), a measure of brain waves, via external sensors along the scalp that pick up the electrical bustle in various parts of the furrowed surface of the brain's cortex, a region that handles higher order thoughts. clipped from www.emotiv.com clipped from www.emotiv.com PRODUCTS Overview Emotiv EPOC™ Technology Reserve your Emotiv EPOC™ Definitions clipped from www.emotiv.com DEVELOPERS Overview Detection Suites Software Development Kit Download SDKLite

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Mind Control

Mind control (or "brainwashing") refers to a broad range of psychological tactics able to subvert an individual's control of his own thinking, behavior, emotions, or decisions. The concept is closely related to hypnosis, but differs in practical approach.

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Microsoft's mind reading patent -- The future of advertising?

The art of predicting customer behaviour

In August 2007, software giant Microsoft filed a patent application for a system that would allow it to access thoughts. The patent describes pattern-recognition techniques that can be applied to electroencephalograph (EEG) signals – a measure of electrical activity in the brain – to determine what cognitive state the subject is in.
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For one thing, its presence in the computer games market opens up intriguing possibilities: it could use brainwaves as a control mechanism.

There are other possibilities too. Microsoft has an avowed commitment to taking on search engine giant Google in the lucrative online advertising market. Now that is one area where a little mind reading could go a very long way.

Microsoft's mind reading patent | Information Age

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