A $209 Brain Computer Interface
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009Mindset by Neurosky is selling for $209 ($199 + $10 shipping). A simple and easy to use wireless brain-computer interface. The software development kit that was selling for $9000 a year ago is now free! Although advanced research tools are $500 and premium support is $1500. They are creating a community for developers to sell apps.
It is engineered to reliably detect changes in mental focus/relaxation. This is a very limited readout of mental states but if it works as advertised it should provide a new platform for commercializing a wide variety of cognitive design innovations. I have ordered mine.