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This technology is really very cool, but I don't think it will be widely used anytime in the near future. Perhaps in the distant future when any type of brain surgery is not so potentially deadly, this technology will be more usefull. Again, when the procedure is more efficient and safe, I could see this technology being used anywhere computers today are used.

It would be so cool if they could find a way of doing this non-invasively. If they could put a program into your brain then couldn't they eventually find a way of copying stuff out of it? I'd really like to see the future of this technology.

Wow, I never thought in my lifetime that I'd ever see something this bizarre. Controlling a video game with brainwaves is so mind-blowing. I would really be interested in knowing exactly how they programmed Space Invaders to the brain machine interface. If this is the future of video games, then, like Aditya said, I can see something such as storage chips being implemented in one's head to store information for the game.

I have trouble even believe this, but I guess I am still amazed by the fax machine. I think if this is the future of gaming, it's the very distant future. With this kind of technology, gaming would be much more expensive and dangerous. I start getting a little worried when people start hacking into other people's minds. This technology could become very risky to the human race and I think we need to have limits when it comes to the brain. I did a school project when I was a kid about creating something new. My project involved an electronic book (I guess that is a little geeky), and now they have something exactly like I created.

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So now we're looking at a future where human beings will control technology with their thoughts. I had read an article about a similar topic two years ago where a group of researchers had succeded in getting a man to draw a circle on a computer screen just by thinking of it. This is not just the future of gaming, but the future of all technology. One technology that i can certainly think of is that one day, we might be able to create extremely small storage chips that can be implanted into our brains for storing information.

This story sounds like something from a science fiction book. If you told me about playing video games with the mind a few years ago I would have thought you were crazy. However, the possible benefits of such technology go far beyond the level of interactivity in video games. The paralyzed would be able to perhaps control a wheel-chair with their thoughts. Even more amazing could be the use of such technology on a person who is in a coma. It would be possible for the comatose person to communicate with doctors and family, if brain activity is still functional. This could help in controversial cases such as with Terry Schaivo.

Wow. This is really weird and amazingly freaky at the same time. I understood how the brain wave sensors worked but it seems awfully strange that he could "imagine" picking up his finger and simply "will" the game to do something and it would. Its very interesting. I would've liked to know more about how it actually catches the brain activity and converts it into player movements on the screen though....

I would like to know more of how the person interacts with the game using their brain; it is hard to formulate a solid opinion on the seemingly short article that they posted. I could have stood some more details on the topic.

I believe that this could be the future of gaming, when we all have passed on and possibly our kids have passed on. The cost would allay 99.999% of people from buying this "product." Secondly, is it that much better? Do we experience the same amount of utils playing a game with a controller as if we were to play it with our "brain." I mean, it's basically the same thing, except instead of our hands receiving the response from our brain, the computer interprets the signal; or at least that's what I'm understadning. Seems pointless to me, but meh, whatever floats your boat.

I'm sorry but this video game in your head just makes me think we are all getting lazier. Not that much hard work was needed before(pretty much your hands and eyes), but now you can play Space Invaders without even moving at all. Also, the fact that it is going on in your head makes it seem all the more unbelievable. We could be playing games all the time and nobody ever would know. I guess my question then is what is the rest of your body doing when your playing? Can you do other tasks at the same time? But if this does really work, these 'in your mind' video games can be effective learning tools and well as aides for those with disabilities.

Controlling a video game by thought only is a bizarre concept. Pretty amazing to think that with a simple thought, we can effect something. That kind of technology would be extremely useful to handicapped individuals. With a thought, they could direct their chair or a communication system. A brain interface of this kind could also be extremely dangerous, allowing people to alter things with a thought. However, from a video game point of view...the possibilities are limitless. I can imagine playing Halo with a brain interface. Shoot people with a thought. That'd be nuts.

As far as new technology thought to be impossible...I'm not completely sure of "new" stuff but in the early 1900s Nikola Tesla invented a multitude of technologies. He used ultra-high frequency electricity to send power from one thing to another without the use of wires. Though we dont use his technology today, the methods he had then are still far superior to the methods of today.

Quite frankly, this article sounds phony, but I've heard phonier. It's not totally unbelievable, though. This, quite possibly, could be the future of gaming. If these scientists could find a way to implement the "brain control" technique on regular people without a major surgery, I'm sure a lot of people would want to do it. The Playstation 10 will probably implement this. Heh. This type of science could be very effective for handicapped people that are unable to move yet have fully-functioning brains. That would actually be really cool to have an interactive program to communicate with the handicapped. Other technologies that have been purely fantasy? Well, I did see a show on TV once that said in Europe there is a surgery that allows blind people to see. Basically, it breaks down what a camera picks up into tiny black and white pixels that get projected into the blind person's mind via some implanted cables attached to the camera. So they can see, but it's only in black and white pixels. This surgery is supposedly illegal in the U.S. because it wasn't approved by some high-up agency of some sort. Nonetheless, the article you guys picked out is pretty awesome.

I still can believe it. Making a game respond to brain waves is just amazing! reminds me of science fiction movies. This experience will not only allow the impaired to enjoy video games but also help scientists discover more about the brain.
About the first question,,,I would say: Not exactly!
Brain waves will never succeed in taking over the regular controller.It will certainly be a good idea to implement this technology to add new ideas to games, though.
It might sound like a movie but, this technology can also be used to enforce security. Doors should have "brain waves sensors" programmed to accept the waves that come from the brains of the authorized persons.(Woow)