The eye-controlled TV we saw at IFA last year was getting quite a lot of attention, while the mind-controlled set we've also seen before was almost certainly playing a looping video to give the illusion something was happening.
What if a person could derive the same kind of benefit from a mind-controlled videogame?
But some doctors believe mind-controlled games can provide more than fun and relaxation, by improving mental health.
When a skeptic approaches in disbelief that the ears are mind-controlled, Hoffman and Masius offer the ears up for a trial.
And while the mind-controlled set we saw last year was certainly cool, it didn't offer much in the way of accuracy.
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Michael Brody, a psychiatrist who teaches at the University of Maryland, cautions that mind-controlled games are useful only if they move beyond the novelty stage and become a standard part of patients' mental health regimens.
Many entered, but it was Daniel Orren who sent in a great green-screened video that snagged him a temporary spot on the Engadget crew at this year's CES. Hanging with the team in our trusty trailer, getting comped meals, roaming the floor, wearing mind-controlled cat ears -- honestly, it's probably just easier to list all of the things the photographer didn't do the other week in Vegas.
Never mind that Spain had controlled the region for the previous 150 years or that the harsh terrain and rampant disease doomed the project before its launch.
Objectively speaking, I don't mind what I write being controlled by law, so long as the law guarantees that I can otherwise write what I like.
Robert Langreth, who wrote the article on longevity (see p. 112), has a scientific frame of mind, which means that he puts faith in controlled studies and molecular biology and gives little credence to anecdotal evidence.
The software is the first from Microsoft designed with tablet computers in mind, offering an interface called Metro that is designed to be controlled by a user touching a display.
This is a vast challenge, and it is worth bearing in mind that mankind's contribution to warming is the only factor that can be controlled.
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