Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 1:02pm
Steering a quadcopter with your mind is totally a thing now.
mind control stories
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 6:54pm
Mind-controlled prosthetics are making leaps and bounds in terms of dexterity. Research at the University of Pittsburgh has yielded what's considered the most advanced prosthetic arm control system yet. We've come a long way from Captain Hook with brain implants and prosthesis.
Friday, September 7, 2012 - 7:22am
Cockroaches are incredibly creepy at the best of times, but what if you could control their movements? A team from the IBionicS laboratory at North Carolina State University have done just that, mounting control circuitry on some giant cockroaches and making them do their bidding.
Thursday, September 6, 2012 - 12:51pm
Thanks to an EEG headset and a compressed air cannon, destroying things with your brain just got a whole lot easier.
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 10:45am
Do you like to think about how cool it would be to fly? A group of researchers at Zhejiang University in China has developed a way to harness those thoughts, turning them into control signals for a real flying Quadcopter.
Friday, March 16, 2012 - 3:47am
Gesture-controlled hacks are pretty cool, but that technology seems positively stone aged compared to something that actually reads your mind.
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 10:37am
As part of IBM's "5 in 5" forecasts of predictions, the company says that "minding reading" (more like mind control) will no longer be a science fiction dream and that within five years, we'll all be controlling our computers and smartphones by just wiggling our brains.
Friday, September 10, 2010 - 3:12am
You know, there are times when even we get a little tempted to don the ol' tinfoil hat. Weirdly enough, those times usually have something to do with DARPA, as the agency is now researching technology that will affect soldiers' brains to boost their abilities.
Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 4:52am
Diabolical villains and married couples alike should be able to appreciate the driving concept behind the Control-A-Man and Control-A-Woman remotes: getting your better half to stoop to your level. For women, that means being able to stop a man's bodily...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - 4:07am
The 2008 Tokyo Game Show in Japan is currently underway, and there's more than just awesome new games to look forward to. Game developer Square Enix — known for the widely popular Final Fantasy series — is planning an...
