Researchers cram bio-signal monitoring system inside baseball cap

Never before has headgear been so intrinsically linked with actual brain waves. Thanks to a team of researchers looking to create a method for "continuously monitoring high-temporal resolution brain dynamics without requiring conductive gels applied to the scalp," a new baseball cap has been created to do the trick. Said hat conceals five embedded dry electrodes which contact the wearer's forehead, while a single electrode behind the left ear acquires EEG signals. From there, the data is transferred wirelessly and can be processed in real-time to determine a driver's level of drowsiness, for instance. The gurus behind the invention have high hopes for its future, and they've already envisioned it being used in a plethora of medical scenarios and for controlling home electronics. To those about to rock this -- prepare for some serious hat-hair.

[Shane @ May 18th 2008 12:07AM]

Great...Now our forthcoming robot overlords will force us to wear these so they can know when we're about to try to overthrow them...

[andres @ May 18th 2008 3:00AM]

good thing we have those crazy rasberry ants

[vdogg89 @ May 18th 2008 12:07AM]

wow i must have ADD or something because i can't past the first 3 words of the title without getting bored

[webon @ May 18th 2008 12:57AM]

That, or is past your bed time

[Drew Scott @ May 18th 2008 1:38AM]

Consider yourself lucky.

[The Ron @ May 18th 2008 12:55AM]

I'm sure in the future it'll be stylish to have an antenna sticking out of your hat :P

[duffman @ May 18th 2008 1:00AM]

Just like how it's stylish now to wear a USB flash drive around your neck.

[Artie Lange @ May 18th 2008 1:21AM]

Strange Days

[Interpol @ May 18th 2008 1:26AM]

Will this thing still work if you wear a tinfoil hat underneath it?

[Drew Scott @ May 18th 2008 1:35AM]

I fail to see how this is really "inside a baseball cap" ... it sticks out of an extra pouch on the back, and it still leaves wires dangling behind, so why is this any more extraordinary than the receiver being held elsewhere?

[chickenator @ May 18th 2008 4:05AM]

slow news day, huh?

[dukemang @ May 18th 2008 6:20AM]

I can already see the head line, "Hackers Tap Into Your Personal Thoughts".

[John @ May 18th 2008 7:19AM]

"Dr. Jones they read my brain waves!"

[Twitchy @ May 18th 2008 7:52AM]

As long as it is 'read' only and not 'write'.

[9bit @ May 18th 2008 10:28AM]

The MLB is monitoring me from outer space!

[Killakai @ May 19th 2008 1:58AM]

this has brain tumor written all over it.