lietkynes65 - Slashdot User

'Mind Gaming' Could Enter Market This Year 154

Posted by CmdrTaco on Saturday March 22, 2008 @09:57AM from the yeah-right-it-will dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo's Wii, the power of the mind may be the next big thing in video games. And it may come soon. Emotiv, a company based in San Francisco, says its mind-control headsets will be on shelves later this year, along with a host of novel "biofeedback" games developed by its partners. Several other companies — including EmSense in Monterey, California; NeuroSky in San Jose, California; and Hitachi in Tokyo — are also developing technology to detect players brainwaves and use them in next-gen video games."

Comment Re:Love It or Hate It? (Score 1) 348

by lietkynes65 on Thursday March 13, 2008 @03:41PM (#22742750) Attached to: Japan's Unique Cow/Whale Hybrid Experiments

Really you can't see the use in this? Currently Japan maintains one of the worlds last whaling fleets and is under constant pressure from the international community to stop the practice yet there is clearly a large demand for whale meat in Japan. They were most likely trying to breed cows that tasted like whale or docile whale that they could herd and farm in the ocean. Actually, this is a great idea.

Birds Give a Lesson to Plane Designers 250

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 08, 2008 @12:22AM from the it's-a-bird-it's-a-plane-no-really dept.

Roland Piquepaille points out a news release from the University of Michigan where researchers are looking to birds and bats for insights into aerospace engineering. Wei Shyy and his colleagues are learning from solutions developed by nature and applying them to the technology of flight. A presentation on this topic was also given at the 2005 TED conference. From the news release: "The roll rate of the aerobatic A-4 Skyhawk plane is about 720 degrees per second. The roll rate of a barn swallow exceeds 5,000 degrees per second. Select military aircraft can withstand gravitational forces of 8-10 G. Many birds routinely experience positive G-forces greater than 10 G and up to 14 G. Flapping flight is inherently unsteady, but that's why it works so well. Birds, bats and insects fly in a messy environment full of gusts traveling at speeds similar to their own. Yet they can react almost instantaneously and adapt with their flexible wings."

Slashdot Top Deals