Thought Contolled Systems for Consumers in 08?
Let’s hope.
Low cost, wearable, reliable and real-time brain machine interfaces will trigger a revolution in cognitive design. We will be able to remake products that directly interact with the brain and fundamentally change how we learn and develop by externalizing and manipulating hidden mental states. And other very exciting stuff.
How close are we? Check out the Emotiv Systems demo at the IBM partner booth at the recent Consumer Electronics Show. Emotiv’s Chief Product Officer says they will be released in 2008.
If you want to see something a bit cooler, check out this earlier video on playing video games with your mind.