During the 2009 CES show, Mattel showed off a cool toy called Mindflex. What makes this toy so cool is that the toy is operated via mind-control. Using your mind, you will need to navigate a small ball through an obstacle course. How well you can train your mind to display certain emotions or thoughts will determine how well you are ABLE to play the game.

To play the game you wear a headset that contains headbands with electrodes and clips for your earlobes. The headset and clips will read the electrical impulses from your brain, and using the strength of these impulses, lower or raise a ball on a small jet of air. You then use a dial to move the ball to the left and to the right. In order to successfully navigate the obstacle course you will need to be able to train your mind to deliver the required intensity to raise or lower the ball as needed. Videos I have seen show that this game is not GOING to be easy and you will need to workout, or flex, your brain in order to properly navigate the game.

Mindflex is expected to ship on October 1st, 2009 for a price of $80 USD and is already ranked #11 in Amazon's toy department. Though pricey, this is going to be a hit item for the holidays and will probably sell out fast.

Although from the looks of it, the knob appears to rotate it around the circle so technically you're just focusing or relaxing to move it up and down and then rotating it to move it around.

read the electrical impulses from your brain, and using the strength of these impulses, lower or raise a ball on a small jet of air. You then use a dial to move the ball to the left and to the right.

And then SkyNet will become self aware and kill all of us.

Quote from: Boozu on Today at 10:41:30 AM
And then SkyNet will become self aware and kill all of us.

What?

I bet in less than a year after this, someone will design a controller for video games on this technology.