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I can see this being amazingly handy in the (far) future in terms of interface navigation and search. Just picture the icon of the program you want to launch, o

• profquail 17y ago
  That's already available, to some degree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotiv_Systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotiv_Systems (There are others as well, but I understand this is one of the best commercial products as of now).
  • TrevorJ 17y ago
    Ah, yes I am familiar with this. I've used a similar device during some biofeedback treatment. The leap with the imaging tech is that it is a 1:1 correlation. As far as I am aware the other tech still relies on mapping cues from the brain that aren't directly 1:1 For example, boosting your high beta waves moves your game character forwards, etc. With the imaging technology, you don't have to perform mental gymnastics, you just "picture" the image you are after and the like.