http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/ Engadget Comments for Project Epoc thought-powered controller: could gaming get any lazier? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 2nd 2007 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/just add in some additional vibration functions and force feedback and fat nerds everywhere will no longer worry about not being able to get girls!

of course im kidding (we all know chicks dig the fat nerds;)]]>Mar 2nd 2007 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 2nd 2007 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 2nd 2007 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 2nd 2007 2:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/
Especially great for the disabled
]]>Mar 2nd 2007 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 2nd 2007 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 2nd 2007 2:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Days_(film)]]>Mar 2nd 2007 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 2nd 2007 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5878309001273030203&q=nintendo+on I know its fake but still cool that we may actually have that one day.]]>Mar 2nd 2007 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/
(I've used voice recognition in the past, but it requires a quiet office; and it's *slow*.)]]>Mar 2nd 2007 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/
You'll see it first with blind people getting video cameras wired(wireless?) into their visual cortex. Maybe they will just have to take a red pill that has a bunch of wireless nano machines that know how to attach themselves to certain parts of the brain in order to insert data from a computer. I think they made a movie about this. ]]>Mar 2nd 2007 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/]]>Mar 2nd 2007 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/
"You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!" --Back to the Future Part II

and...

"We don't need no thought control." --Pink Floyd]]>Mar 2nd 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 2nd 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/ "Some of the cheaper, home-owned bio-feedback systems (though these are often attached to the fingers and really just read things like pulse rates, skin temperature, and skin moisture) are only around $200 including the software, so maybe in a few years this will be a complete reality."

I seem to recall just such a device showing up at Fry's maybe 12 - 15 years go. I think it was called the "Mind Drive". There were a couple of games bundled with it and a lie detector program.

I to am/was a bit skeptical about how well you could actually read/capture a persons thoughts through their finger tips.

Amusingly enough, since I was only about 12 or 13 when I saw this thing, I was with my father (he being a techy as well). The demo game was a first person perspective skiing game. I tried it,and I was actually able to control the game well enough to complete the course (avoiding trees and whatnot). So was dad. Then he had me play it again, this time I closed my eyes and he told me either to maneuver left or right to avoid obstacles.

We completed the course...or at least nearly, he purposely had me steer into one of the last trees to rule out the possibility that the demo was rigged to always complete.

Of course,after that he tried overtly controlling the game with his finger itself, as the fingers slot had a very obvious pad of connectors (like the chip in a smart card). By covering only the left or right panels he could effectively control the game...even in opposition to his thoughts (think left,and press right...it went right...).

I hope this new device is more convincing...]]>Mar 2nd 2007 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 4th 2007 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/Mar 5th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/project-epoc-thought-powered-controller-could-gaming-get-any-la/
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