Over the past couple of years there have been several attempts to create a mind-controlled interface that have enjoyed varying degrees of success.
The latest attempt to tap into the power of the mind called EMOTIV has emerged from a joint Australian-US collaboration.
EMOTIV has created the epoc headset the capabilities of which are currently being shown-off in conjunction with an adventure game written specifically for it.
The epoc headset enables a player to carry out a limited number of actions by reading their neural activity. On screen this would result in their avatar lifting and manipulating objects.
The headset uses 16 electrodes to measure conscious thoughts, emotions, facial expressions and the rotation of the head.
It works by measuring the electrical impulses emitted by some of the 100 billion nerve cells, or neurons, that make up the epoc headset human brain.
The headset transmits the data it collects via headset to a USB headset headset a computer.
EMOTIV is planning to introduce the headset in early 2009.
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