From: lindahl@csr.arl.utexas.edu (Charlie Stewart Lindahl)
Subject: TECH: MindStick: what & WHERE? 
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1992 23:18:49 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington



All: 

I was speaking yesterday with another VR enthusiast (alas, not
yet practitioner!) of VR and he mentioned an article he'd seen 
a few years back in England called the "MindStick". 

He said that it consisted of some electrodes that attached to the 
head and a box that could differentiate different Alpha wave 
brain patterns. He also said that this rig could/did replace 
a Joystick (hence the name "Mindstick") on video games. Apparently,
it was/is possible to train to consistently produce several distinct
alpha patterns (with training). 

Anyone ever heard of this? Any pointers? I'd be glad to summarize to 
the net ... .

Thanx,

--
Charlie S. Lindahl
Automation and Robotics Research Institute (Robots Iz Us)
University of Texas at Arlington
Internet EMAIL: lindahl@cse.uta.edu

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