Mattel Mindflex
It’s never too early to get the children to move things with their minds:
Mattel’s keeping mum about the technology behind its Mindflex game, but – according to several online sources – the game requires the user to wear a headset equipped with sensors that measure brainwave activity.
This ‘activity’ is then used to guide a small foam ball through an obstacle course of hoops, which can be customised by the gamer.
It’s still unclear how the ball is kept in the air throughout its journey around the obstacle course. Some reports have claimed that a fan’s used, whilst other sources have said that Epoc-esque technology is the key to Mindflex’s power.
What we do know is that Mindflex will be paraded by Mattel at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, which is about to kick-off in Las Vegas.
Link and photo via reghardware.co.uk.
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I had a toy Similar to this when i was a kid(well apart from the brain wave control). It used a fan to lift the ball.
I think that a toy that can help special needs kids tap into more awareness of their own space
By using this toy who knew we could increase our ability to make more use of our minds? Here are two benefits come with the Mindflex Game: Increasing our brain power, while providing hours and hours of fun at the very least.