Neurowear – let your brain move your ears

By Bora Zivkovic | March 14, 2012 | 1

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Video of the Week #34 March 14th, 2012

From: Brain-Machine Interfaces in Fact and Fiction by Michael Moyer at Observations.

Source: Neurowear

This week’s video is from Michael Moyer’s post on brain-machine interfaces. This kind of technology can be used for just about anything – gaming, cursor control, brain training and brain-to-brain communication, to name a few. Right now, a few devices are already on the market. This video features the Necomimi, a Japanese device that uses brain waves to control a pair of fuzzy animal ears that you wear. Yes, her brain is actually controlling the movement of the ears – you can visualize her emotions while she eats a donut or passes by a handsome man. It will be extremely interesting to see what devices come next!

About the Author: Bora Zivkovic is the Blog Editor at Scientific American, chronobiologist, biology teacher, organizer of ScienceOnline conferences and editor of Open Laboratory anthologies of best science writing on the Web. Follow on Twitter @boraz.

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1. Timothy Chase 11:27 am 03/17/2012

The same kind of technology is being tested for driving cars and wheel chairs. The following vid has some material on each:

Cat Ear Device Controlled by Brainwaves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqSZg0oiYuM&feature=fvwp
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