Arduino Assisted Mind-Controlled Television 47
andylim writes "Dcept905, aka Paul, has interfaced an EEG headset and an Arduino with an IR LED to control his television set with thought alone. 'I have finally gotten around to re-writing some of my old code and re-recording a proper demo of controlling physical objects using thoughts by interfacing an EEG headset with an Arduino. While this technology is interesting and exciting, before anyone sees this as an endorsement for this particular EEG headset, I strongly recommend reading my full review of the device.'"
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These aren't the sodas you're looking for.
Move along... move along.
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Perhaps not for an able-bodied person who is using the tech. to be lazy. On the other hand, someone who is paralyzed from the neck down and could control his wheelchair by interfacing this headset to its control circuitry might have a different opinion on the matter.
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To hell with sedentary, I'm more worried about this sort of tech getting into the hands of the thought police.
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Yes, we must stop working on cars and wheelchairs immediately.
muscles (Score:1)
Still useful to have good muscles in space, to overcome unexpected conditions [google.com].
Of course, we may have smarter/better robot workers by then as well..
Interesting to see.. (Score:5, Insightful)
... that we can now control the TV with our minds after decades of it going the other way.
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> This should have gotten +5 insightful not +5 funny.
Actually, it seems like it got +2 funny +1 insightful.
There is still room for another moderation point since it only shows +5 on this thread because it has a +1 karma bonus point.
So, I suggest that you tell a friend of yours to mod an additional +1 insightful point to it and then you can be happy. The way the system works, it would now show +5 insightful. ;-)))))
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Hey! Why would you ever turn on TV, change channels and volume?
The TV mind-controls you to control it. Give you the illusion of you are controlling it and everything, but we all know it's a trap!!
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Now that doesn't make any sense...
Mentat Television (Score:4, Funny)
It is by will alone I set my TV in motion.
That's great... (Score:4, Insightful)
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I'll admit it..... (Score:2)
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I saw a set of glasses that used IR to track which way the eye was looking. It produced analog voltages for L/R and U/D, and was used to teach reading. If one used a blink as a mouse click, then ...
I have a problem with my TV... (Score:5, Funny)
Wow... (Score:3, Funny)
There goes my last 30 calories of exercise a day...
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Get them involved in open source (Score:2, Interesting)
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Mind vs. Brain? (Score:2)
Shouldn't that be a brain-controlled device?
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Arduino assisted mind-controlling television
and thought "Oh crap. We're there already?"
Its Television (Score:2)
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In Soviet Russia ... (Score:1)
In Soviet Russia television controls your mind.
Have you had your soma pill today?
Maybe TV will get interesting again.... (Score:2)
...when you fall asleep with your TV control headset on and have another dream of your high school guidance councilor's disconcerting habit of wearing short dresses and no underwear...
Although that presumes that everybody had someone like my guidance counselor; if somebody out there dreams of Mr. Garrison, I don't want to know.
Branding is alive and well... (Score:2, Insightful)
Agreed, it's a nice jumpstart when you need to cobble together a test, but it isn't supposed to be the final step.
The article should headline "Atmel AVR Assisted Mind-Controlled Television". Then credit Arduino in the text.