[games_access] telekinetics

[Thomas Westin]

yes, the Cyberlink is old but Brainfingers now have a new device  
called NIA on the market, a competitor to Emotiv, with a nice price  
tag (150 USD)

I found a pretty thorough review here

http://techreport.com/articles.x/14957

/Thomas


On 17 jul 2008, at 14.37, David Colven wrote:
> On the other hand here is a new device, I await to be convinced!
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7254078.stm
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> Subject: Re: [games_access] telekinetics
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> Our experiences with this device over the 15 years or so it has been  
> around is that it possibly act as a sensitive muscle switch but  
> ‘mind control’ in any effective way is way beyond the unit’s  
> capabilities.  I have yet to be convinced after a number of  
> demonstrations and trials that is reliable or reproducible enough to  
> be effective.
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> From: games_access-bounces at igda.org [mailto:games_access-bounces at igda.org 
> ] On Behalf Of Thomas Westin
> Sent: 16 July 2008 20:58
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> Subject: [games_access] telekinetics
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> here is the Jedi-inspired telekinetic interface prototype I made in  
> 2004 with the help of Michael McIntosh, finally got round to make a  
> video of it to share with you on this list
>
> - the video was made very early in the morning, hence the hair :)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4tGF_nvt9c
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> not directly GA oriented, more of a technical / game design  
> experiment, but devices like NIA and Emotiv is likely going to be  
> helpful for GA (this prototype use the predecessor of the NIA)
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