4 ms·
I remember demoing a game back in the 90s where you placed a headband on and controlled a stone on screen to cause it to rise and then maintaining its altitude.
by eggy 7y ago
I remember demoing a game back in the 90s where you placed a headband on and controlled a stone on screen to cause it to rise and then maintaining its altitude. I’m sure it was very simple, however the germ was planted about mind/machine interfaces in me a while ago. I had read Neuromancer previously and this seemed the zeitgeist along with the 90s being the ‘Decade of the Brain’. I had read Patricia Churchland’s book The Computational Brain, and the take off of neural networks and wet interfaces was all the buzz.
- Benjammer 7y agoThere were a bunch of "alpha brain waves" toys for a minute there a while back. A friend of mine had the Star Wars Jedi one where you put a device on your head and then it detects "alpha waves" and controls a small fan in a clear plastic tube that "levitates" a ball. We figured out eventually that you could pin the thing to the max by reading a book while wearing the device, you didn't actually have to focus directly on the ball.
- eggy 7y agoYes, it was an alpha brain wave toy. I found the visual feedback to me being able to affect my body state strangely exciting. I can see how the Transhumanist movement is fueled by experiences and technologies such as these.