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Emotiv's EPOC plays head games

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Today Emotiv Systems unveiled the EPOC neuroheadset, a device that will allow gamers to control their actions with their minds. According to Tan Le, president of Emotiv, they have created a "brain computer interface that reads electrical impulses in the brain and translates them into commands that a video game can accept and control the game dynamically." With time, this could potentially revolutionize not only the gaming world, but a variety of other applications as well.

Emotiv EPOC neuroheadset

Currently the game consists of manipulating a cube on the screen by pushing, pulling or rotating it. You are first required to calibrate the headset, which consists of a short six second test in which you just relax and then concentrate on an action such as 'push'. Next you attempt to manipulate the cube by reproducing

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