Keyboards are a thing of the past, i'll use my mind!

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This is so cool... the word cool isn't cool enough... ok enough with the corny pleasantries... have a read and prepare to want one:

Map your keyboard to your brain

OCZ Technology jumpstarts neural interfaces

By Paul Taylor: Tuesday, 04 March 2008, 10:15 AM

IN ONE OF THOSE moments where life imitates sci-fi, OCZ Technology has announced their Neural Impulse Actuator has gone into mass production. Now, what the heck is a Neural Impulse Actuator – or NIA - you ask?

The device, a strap-on headband plugged to your PC via USB 2.0, reads your mind and turns whatever you’re thinking into reality. Or not. What it actually does is read electrical signals from your brain through 3 carbon sensors, and with a little getting-used-to, turns them into in-game actions - literally mapping your keyboard to your brain’s reactions. This works akin to an EEG readout, with specific signals corresponding to keystrokes on your keyboard. There’s a learning curve, as some have put it, but it’s only a matter of practice.

This is the technology applied to gaming right now, but we can only imagine the ramifications for non-gaming apps. The medical community should be looking into this (we wonder if OCZ hasn’t filed this investment under “medical research” – they should have). We know for a fact Stephen Hawking will be able to kick your ass in UT3.

The OCZ NIA kit, previously demoed at SnoBIT 2007, will be on display & demo at the 2008 edition of the tradeshow supreme. Charlie’s at CeBIT, we’d like to promise everyone he’ll have a go at it (wonder how Supreme Commander works with this, eh Charlie?) – but we’re afraid his complex frontal lobes will fry the damn thing.

Personally we’re just wondering where we parked our battlemechs...