Orange Dream's brainwave management software gets you closer to the Matrix

We'll be honest -- there are quite a few things about the Cyber MC brainwave management solution that remain unclear to us, but it's probably for the best. Korean startup Orange Dreams has apparently concocted some sort of eyewear / software combo that can control your brainwaves and calm your nerves, convince you that you really aren't craving nicotine or make you believe that fruits and vegetables really are more delicious than a Cadbury Cream Egg. We're not about to delve into how this thing actually intends to work, but those unafraid can give it a go next month.

[Via Hallyu Tech]

[James Bowe @ Mar 31st 2008 10:04AM]

Can it also convince you that you NEED to keep the glasses on? From there, all things are possible. I want a couple hundred pairs, I'm going to start building a zombie army...

[chezzo @ Mar 31st 2008 2:04PM]

It's a "Creme" Egg, sillies!

[Chuckles McGee @ Mar 31st 2008 10:14AM]

Seems like a hilariously fun gadget to try, even if it doesn't do squat.

[DiscoCat5 @ Mar 31st 2008 10:19AM]

hmmm i smell a "you all have cancer and this company has liquidated, coming on. i thought i saw something similar to this a while ago with liek sounds that changed the frequency of your brainwaves or something...

[gian @ Mar 31st 2008 10:21AM]

While visually exciting, the Matrix films sucked.

Gian

[Flashpoint @ Mar 31st 2008 10:22AM]

correction...Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions sucked.

[Flashpoint @ Mar 31st 2008 10:21AM]

THE FIRST THING someone will do when they get this is try and add p0rn to it.

The laugh will be on them when someone walks into the room and they don't realize it and begins to stare at them fornicating themselves.

[Jonathan Keim @ Mar 31st 2008 11:03AM]

Hey flash, what's wrong with my pic?

[Greg @ Mar 31st 2008 12:31PM]

The glasses will convince them furries are awesome.
Poor onlookers...

[Motoken @ Mar 31st 2008 12:51PM]

Premarital sex with them self? fornication is the act of sex between two unmarried people. learn the meaning the the word before you start using it plz.

[NHAnimator @ Mar 31st 2008 10:22AM]

I know it's OT, but I really like orange creamsicles.

[DiscoCat5 @ Mar 31st 2008 10:23AM]

where are the fugcicles bart?

[Bryan T @ Mar 31st 2008 10:29AM]

My guess would be that it appears to be a device that casts low frequency waves. These waves interact with your mind and the result is a more relaxed person. It's not something like where you put them on and are instantaneously mellow, if you know what I mean.

I believe this type of treatment is used in some cases of depression. But for all I know, these goggles are something completely different.

[dan2600 @ Mar 31st 2008 1:56PM]

this is exactly what it is, and they have been around for a long time (since the dream machine of the 70s)

it can be done with sound too, this is old recycled technology....

www.i-doser.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamachine

[Erik @ Mar 31st 2008 10:30AM]

There is nothing more delicious than a Cadbury Cream Egg, and no gadget will make me believe otherwise.

[Fox Dude @ Mar 31st 2008 10:35AM]

The start of how everything in the Matrix tasting like chicken was created!

[morsey @ Apr 1st 2008 3:30AM]

sounds like a alpha/beta/delta/theta wave syncroniser, as in http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/05/hack_your_brain_make_vide.html

[fanman @ Mar 31st 2008 12:19PM]

[i]Operator? I needs ta exits...[/i]

[Sporkinum @ Mar 31st 2008 12:25PM]

Those look like peril-sensitive glasses from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[Greg @ Mar 31st 2008 12:33PM]

Looks like it might be based on Windows.
What happens to your brain when a BSOD comes up?

[Motoken @ Mar 31st 2008 12:40PM]

Premarital sex with them self? fornication is the act of sex between two unmarried people. learn the meaning the the word before you start using it plz.

[phanbouy @ Mar 31st 2008 4:52PM]

uhhh... it's a joke. not an essay on Nietzsche. choose your battles. that's an idiom.

[Sean O @ Mar 31st 2008 1:34PM]

Am I the only adult on Engadget? These things have been around since the 80's. They're typically called light/sound machines. Some shrinks even use them on their patients.

[y3k.nik @ Mar 31st 2008 1:48PM]

Sooo.. the iPhone is the way to get out of the Matrix?

Shouldn't the machines be all over it trying to destroy it using their agents then?

[SurKaz @ Mar 31st 2008 1:58PM]

The thing probably just emits pulses that supposedly keep you calm..
Eh, 50 bucks.. I might give it a shot... when it comes down to 30 or so..

[oshean @ Mar 31st 2008 2:12PM]

Just like JavaScript code with flashing animations, this device can cause epileptic seizures!

[retro77 @ Mar 31st 2008 2:16PM]

Why does it have to look like an iPhone?

[Decoy @ Mar 31st 2008 3:17PM]

Breathtaking good geek looks. Sine waves turn me on. Give me a phone looking like this with an oscilliscope.

Oscilliscopes FTW

[ED @ Mar 31st 2008 6:23PM]

The cake is a lie and this will not convince me otherwise. And since there is no spoon, I can neither have my cake nor eat it.

[Barion @ Apr 1st 2008 9:29AM]

Zygon used to sell a product called the Supermind back in the early 90s that supposedly did similar things. Waste of money then, waste of money now.