There's an input device like that already: PC Mall Magazine "The Mind Drive.
Mind Drive's lightweight sensor slips easily onto any finger to transmit
you body's bio-electric signals to your PC.
Imagine running a program by simply thinking. Imagine painting a picture
with your innermost thoughts. Or imagine using your emotions and moods to
compose a symphony. Now you can do all this and oh so much more, with the
power of your mind." $149.99
Chesshome
Rudy Gingles wrote:
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wrote:
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> > So what other ideas, easy or farfetched, do people have for using a
> > wearable?
> >
> > --andi
>
> Cool thoughts! There is something I've been pondering a little, although
> it would still have to be greatly researched before it could be
> practically used, is a sort of wearable thought interface. Imagine
> controlling your wearable simply by 'sending' it thoughts. Anyone read
> the book 'Secret Life of Plants'? They've done experiments, hooking up
> various plants to various sorts of devices, and can get responses on the
> devices showing the plant's sensitivity to various emotions and thought
> patterns in various people involved in the experiment, even over great
> distances from the plant. I wonder if something like this could be
> researched for computer control? Of course this would be extremely
> difficult to fine-tune, maybe impossible for this purpose, but something
> to think on.
>
> Rudy
>
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> Rudy Gingles
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