LinkNotes: Emotiv's new brain-computer interface

2008-04-18

Emotiv's new brain-computer interface

Emotiv Systems recently unveiled a brain/computer interface system with a helmet and software applications. The Project Epoc system can move objects based on a gamer's thoughts, reflect facial expressions, and respond to the excitement or calm the gamer mentally exerts.

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Brain controlled computer games

Below is a video discussing and demonstrating Emotiv's new brain interface.

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Emotiv Systems introduces a sensor-laden headset that interprets gamers' intentions, emotions and facial expressions

EPOC GAMING HEADSET: Emotiv's $299 EPOC headset (with 14 sensors) will enable gamers to use their own brain activity to interact with the virtual worlds where they play.
Courtesy of Emotiv Systems

The EPOC detects brain activity noninvasively using electroencephalography (EEG), a measure of brain waves, via external sensors along the scalp that pick up the electrical bustle in various parts of the furrowed surface of the brain's cortex, a region that handles higher order thoughts.