http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/18/brain-controlled-cell-phones/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:18:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/18/brain-controlled-cell-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-1001859 gcw Sun, 21 Sep 2008 04:12:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18799#comment-1001859 I'm the first to be optimistic about new technology, and I hate how 95% of people on the internet immediately try to rip apart anything new in an effort to prove how "informed" they are. That said, nearly every time I see a story about "brain controlled" anything, it turns out to be simple biofeedback. This has been around since the 1960s. Showing your level of relaxation using different graphics doesn't make it any more functional. Until I can tell the phone who to call using thought, I don't consider it brain controlled. I'm the first to be optimistic about new technology, and I hate how 95% of people on the internet immediately try to rip apart anything new in an effort to prove how "informed" they are. That said, nearly every time I see a story about "brain controlled" anything, it turns out to be simple biofeedback. This has been around since the 1960s. Showing your level of relaxation using different graphics doesn't make it any more functional. Until I can tell the phone who to call using thought, I don't consider it brain controlled.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/18/brain-controlled-cell-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-987181 PaulVI Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:27:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18799#comment-987181 Wait 'til ad placement gets *really* scary. Or *very very* annoying. Wait 'til ad placement gets *really* scary. Or *very very* annoying.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/18/brain-controlled-cell-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-986917 sw Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:34:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18799#comment-986917 i really don't need biofeedback from my phone. i really don't need biofeedback from my phone.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2008/09/18/brain-controlled-cell-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-986825 Yudonomi Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:20:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=18799#comment-986825 "Phone, I told you NOT to give me brain cancer!" "Phone, I told you NOT to give me brain cancer!"

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