Have you ever wanted to control objects with only your thoughts?
A company called InteraXon claims they have invented a device that will eventually “let you do more with your mind than you ever thought possible.”
Their product — Muse — is a brainwave-sensing headband; in their words, a comfortable, sleek four-sensor headband (to me, it looks like something from a bad science fiction movie, but I’m not exactly a fashion plate, so you should make your own determination).
InteraXon claims that their device will facilitate self-improvement in your brain activity. Muse measures your brainwaves and sends them to your smart phone or tablet and you can instantly gauge your brain’s effectiveness; for example, you can see if you are creating gentle, meditative, low-frequency alpha waves, or the intense, jagged peaks of ultra-creative beta waves. In this way, they claim, you will be able to improve your brain’s operation.
InteraXon is planning to enable brainwaves to control devices in the real world; devices that will respond to your thoughts. The Muse headband connects wirelessly, using Bluetooth, and will translate your brainwaves into directions to control your electronic devices, apps, and games.
InteraXon has an account on Indiegogo, hoping to raise the funds necessary to deliver brain-controlled computing to the masses.
Early-birds can get their hands on a Muse headband for a pledge of $135. For more information, check out the video on their website.
I suppose I’m just a bit paranoid, imagining the worst, but I’m slightly concerned about my brainwaves — my thoughts — being captured digitally and possibly re-used and manipulated: it gives me a bad case of the willies.
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db johnston
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