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Brainwave readers
The second interesting technology that we would like to mention is that of brainwave
readers.
It is now available at a reasonable cost; there is hardware that allows us to record
the electric signals emitted by areas of our brain cortex using headsets which don't
require expertise to be worn, and gels of any sort that are used to improve the con-
duction of signals coming from our brain.
Such a headset can be connected to a mobile phone with an application running
which can read the signal coming from the headset and perform interesting and use-
ful functions, ranging from the field of pure entertainment to more medical or experi-
mental oriented tasks.
NeuroSky (
http://www.neurosky.com/Default.aspx
)
is a company which invests in the
brainwave reader technology, and they have developed a kit with the headset and
a suite of applications to run on your mobile phone, to take advantage of the signal
coming from your brain.
The potential for gaming is unimaginable. If you are interested in this topic, we sug-
gest you checkout the following link showing the potential of the brainwave reader
technology:
The following figure represents a bluetooth headset for reading brainwaves and
sending the signal to a mobile phone:
