Add one more contender to the list of mind control games vying for our attention this year alongside
NeuroSky and
Emotiv. Set to debut this week at
CES, Mattel's Mind Flex requires players to concentrate really hard in order to power a fan that'll float a ball through the hoops. Sure, it's not nearly as complex as what the other two are proposing, but we could totally see ourselves wearing this headset all day while we work -- just to find out how much brain power we're
really using. It's expected to hit US retail channels later this year for $80, and if we may be so candid, our only wish is that the headset was small enough to hide under a hat. You know, so we could fool our family members into thinking we had superpowers.
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posted Jan 5th 2009 11:21PM
isn't that like the harry portter thing that came out so many years ago?
Yes, but hopefully possible to play.
I think that the two products are identical except for the front panel, headset, and color scheme.
I was going to say, I had this back in the day when i wanted to be a wizard. Now I hear telepaths are in, so I'm all over this.
I wonder if this could be used to study the effects of Alzheimers to detect, track / quantify Alzheimer's much earlier then possible today ?
The Harry Potter Levitating Challenge. Thats what it is.
The two year olds are going to love this. Another electronic babysitter, though this might actually build some form of concentration...
2 years old? More like 20 years old, I want one NOW!
I've had enough practical jokes for one evening. Goodnight Future Boy!
"You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!"
Don't worry, Engadget, some modder will shrink the headphones for your family gathering trickery!
...and possibly amplify it to allow you to explode your hated uncle's head..
Sounds like someone has some suppressed memories.
aren't we talking about telekinesis?
Its amazing when people use words and have no idea what they actually mean.
...my thoughts exactly.
Right, Telepathy is communication with the mind, speaking to others with your mind, reading people's thoughts etc. Telekinesis is moving things around with your mind.
Hasn't anyone played D&D?
yeah it even has the same parts as the Harry Potter toy. it looks like they just took unused parts and panted them green and white. lame.....
yeah but that Harry Potter thing used a lever to control the fan..not your MIND
I had this toy when I was a kid (I'm 30 now)... except it was a moonscape and the ball was a little satellite/spaceship thing. Thanks for bringing back memories Mattel!
If only I had any brain cells left, seems like fun =(
A shame that they dont relize that an 80 pp will not sell in this economy. I'd rather have Two new Xbox games then an $80 levitating challenge. Appears to be a chiller just like Hyper Scan... that video game console they dev a few years back.
I wouldn't underestimate the impact of this biofeedback training device and the popularization of mind-machine interfaces .
I am going to say:
OH!!!!!
That is the most amazing thing in 2009
It is a large step in human technology
But, i have a few quections:
Is it will affect the mind of child?
Will the toy really suitable for children?
When will issue in Hong Kong, mainland, Australia?
I've heard there is a Star Wars version coming out at the same time, this one looks a little "Play School" to me...
This is crazy... my grandpa got something like this for me in the eighties or early nineties. It was a gray thing that had a space theme and the ball was a little alien ship you had to fly through the hoops. That little dial on the front was what you used to make the thing go around in a circle and it had another dial that made the ball go up and down. It all sounds really fun on paper but because of the fact its its low powered fan that makes the ball float if you hit anything it just falls right down.
(linkback) Thrive or Fail? Mattel's Mind Flex teaches kids fake telekinesis- how will it do? [VOTE] - http://www.thriveorfail.com/df9f6
I am from china.listen to the news and be interested in it.
I want to know that when I will see it in chinese market
It will be perfect