A Baseball Hat That Reads Your Mind 63
esocid writes to tell us that researchers from Taiwan have created a new baseball cap complete with embedded bio-signal monitoring system. The purpose was to give a neural interface that could be useful in everyday life. "The cap contains five embedded dry electrodes on the wearer's forehead, and one electrode behind the left ear, that acquire EEG signals. Then, the EEG signals are wirelessly transmitted to a data receiver, where they are processed in real-time by a dual-core processor. The BCI system includes Bluetooth transmission for distances of 10m or less (e.g., for driving applications), as well as RF transmission for distances up to 600m (e.g., for potential sports applications). Next, the processed signals are transmitted back to the cap, where the data can be stored, displayed in real-time on a screen, or be used to trigger an audio warning, if necessary."
Why a baseball hat? (Score:5, Funny)
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Results of first reading: (Score:5, Funny)
"It looks like an ordinary baseball cap" (Score:5, Funny)
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First from a former resident of TW (Score:1)
Bring on the baseball hat wearing disses (Score:5, Interesting)
So yeah, although you might have some magic baseball hat that makes you smarter, it's not going to matter much, people are still going to treat you like an invalid.
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The irony is that society perceives the tie to be a symbol of someone successful -- where in reality it's most usually a symbol of someone trapped by their own lack of creativity and intellect.
A tie = a slave collar. The tie is otherwise the singular, most useless, garment on Earth.
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I'm sorry, but nothing that draws attention to my penis is useless.
Re:Bring on the baseball hat wearing disses (Score:5, Funny)
A backwards baseball cap adds: "Me too!
Was that ok?
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A backwards baseball cap adds: "Me too!
And what exactly will this provide? (Score:2)
It might well have military applications. When a fighter pilot pulls 7 Gs in a bank, this might help the autopilot recover any errors etc.
It would
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He hasn't been reading, just watching. All the really good scifi is still "locked" in books so as not to stress his mind.
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Doesn't read your mind. (Score:5, Insightful)
The EEG obtains information arising largely from the cortex and the summation of millions of neuronal currents. It is inaccurate and not reliable enough for critical applications (any situation where 'backfiring' is a bad thing).
As far as I am aware, the state of art of computer interpretation of EEG is only up to monitoring awareness and sleep and possibly detecting seizures, so this would be good for patients in hospitals & home in diagnosing epilepsy.Might be useful for train drivers or pilots, though, in detecting a sleeper-at-the-wheel.
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Not likely (Score:3, Funny)
My head sweat will kill those electrodes in two lawn mowings. And that'll be just from the smell.
Long ways off from being useful... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Long ways off from being useful... (Score:4, Funny)
--- Mr. DOS
Luckily... (Score:5, Funny)
...it won't be able to penetrate my tinfoil hat.
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Important measuring device? (Score:3, Funny)
At long last we can get a direct reading of how many IQ points you lose when you put on a baseball hat—and how many more you lose when you wear it backward or sideways.
The sadist in me... (Score:3, Funny)
Think of it. You just spent a few hundred bucks on a hat and some smartass with a laptop keeps electronically jabbing you in the skull while you run through the park.
I, for one, would laugh until my beverage escaped through my nose!
To quote South Park... (Score:1)
Bart found that MLB was reading people's minds with satellites. A little too convenient that these are BASEBALL hats...
Damn! Better get my... (Score:2)
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And yeah, I am too. Because I don't have a
best feature ever (Score:2)
In other news, the Bush proposes mandated caps (Score:2, Funny)
atention whore (Score:1)
the key is to look out for the women with the pron on there hat
booerns? (Score:2)
So that's why they hand out baseball caps (Score:1)
!parC hO (Score:4, Funny)
hmmm... it's hard to tell... (Score:3, Funny)
Gryffindor...
yay!
Slashdotted (Score:1)
What the Hat reports... (Score:3, Funny)
By-the-way, the answers are: No (you look like a moron) and (sigh, not again) no.
Baseball... (Score:1, Funny)
Now that must hurt.
Obligatory Republic of China joke (Score:1)
Are neurons 802.11n? (Score:1)
The only effective thing that thing could do is to guess what you are feeling by sensing awareness, body language/movement, reaction, emotions, etc. For example, it should detect I'm frustrated whenever I stare at my feet and reply to a girl "Friends? Friends?!? We've only gone three times, and you're already telling me you just want to be friends?!". (wearing a baseball cap wouldn't make any difference.)
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Focusyn and the MLB satellite (Score:1)
Comic Book Guy: Egad! A maniac cutting a swath of destruction! This is a job for the Green Lantern, Thundra, or possibly... Ghost Rider
Otto: What about Superman?
Comic Book Guy: Oh, please.