Machine for pc and macintosh that can read your mind (This is no a joke)

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I first saw this report on CNN on thursday and then again on their
WWW site.

The following is straight off of their WWW page.


BUT SOON YOU COULD BE USING YOUR MIND TO 
CONTROL YOUR COMPUTER. 
THAT'S RIGHT. 
YOU WON'T NEED A JOYSTICK. AND YOU N'T NEED 
A KEYBOARD... 
ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR HEAD. 
CNN'S GREG LEFEVRE HAS THE STORY. 





NINE-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY RACES DOWN THE 
SLOPES. 
HANDS OFF. 
NO KEYBOARD. 
NO JOYSTICK. 
SHE SHUSHES LEFT AND RIGHT, CONTROLLING 
THE GAME THROUGH A SENSOR ON HER 
FINGERTIP THAT IS READING HER MIND. 
A NEW COMPUTER PERIPHERAL CALLED "MIND 
DRIVE" READS HER BRAIN WAVES AND GUIDES 
HER THROUGH THE FINISH LINE. 


"IT'S SENSING THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY 
GENERATED BY OUR THOUGHTS AS MEASURED 
THROUGH OUR SKIN AND THERE'S A HUGE 
NUMBER OF SIGNALS IN OUR SKIN." 


INVENTOR RON GORDON PLACES A SENSOR 
WITH COPPER PADS ON THE PLAYER'S FINGER. 
THE BRAIN WAVES TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE 
SKIN ARE PICKED UP IN A BOX OF CIRCUITS AND 
CHIPS. 
THE BOX CONVERTS THE WAVES INTO LEFT AND 
RIGHT COMMANDS FOR THE GAME PLAYER. 


"HOW DID I DO THAT? WELL, I SENT A SIGNAL TO 
MY BRAIN -- AN INSTRUCTION TO DO THAT, OR ALL 
THE WAY DOWN OR SPELL MY NAME. SO NOW 
WERE TAKING THOSE SAME SIGNALS, WERE 
INTERPETING THEM, TRANSLATING THEM AND 
THEN WE'RE EXECUTING A INFINITE VARIETY OF 
PROGRAMS FROM THEM." 


GORDON'S GIZMO GOES RETAIL EARLY NEXT 
YEAR WITH A DOZEN PLUS GAMES -- SOME 
BARELY OFF THE DRAWING BOARDS. 


"THIS IS CALLED "MIND MUSIC" AND THIS WILL 
ENABLE YOU TO COMPOSE 
MUSIC WITH YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR MOODS 
AND YOUR EMOTIONS AND THEN CONDUCTE AN 
ORCHESTRA WITH YOUR THOUGHTS. AND YOU'LL 
MOVE YOUR THOUGHTS OVER TO THE STRING 
AND THEY'LL PLAY" 





LEARNING MIND DRIVE IS ASTONISHINGLY 
SIMPLE. 
THERE IS NO LEARNING, UNLIKE, CURSOR KEYS, 
DESKTOP MICE OR TRACKBALLS. 
IN THE FINAL PRODUCT THE SENSOR WILL BE 
WIRELESS. 
HOW MUCH? 
ABOUT $100. 
HOW SOON? 
NEXT JANUARY, HE HOPES. 
WHICH COMPUTERS? 
ANY. 
GORDON USES MAC AND PC'S. 
THE MIND DRIVE WOULD APPLY TO ANY 
COMPUTER USER WHO CANNOT PUNCH A 
KEYBOARD OR MOVE A JOYSTICK. 


"A CHILD THAT HAD CEREBRAL PALSY, SIX YEARS 
OLD, COULDN'T DO ANYTHING, WATCHED HER 
BROTHER PLAY VIDEO GAMES AND NOW SHE 
WAS ABLE TO DO THE SAME THING AND 
SUCCEED." 


YOU CAN APPLY BODY ENGLISH ALL YOU WANT 
BUT IT MAY NOT HELP. 
GORDON SAYS THE MORE YOU RELAX, THE 
BETTER YOU PERFORM. 
NOW THERE'S A CONCEPT FOR THE FUTURE. 
GREG LEFEVRE, CNN SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA. 
THAT'S IT. 

Amazing, huh. If anybody knows more about this please post it!