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As a professional blogger, I have about as much physical activity as your vacuum cleaner (not very much). I get to lounge around in my pajamas all day and read cool shit on the internet. Basically I’m everything you wish you could be. Sorry, it had to be said. Now BOW to me! But blogging doesn’t come without its hazards. For instance, do you know how many potential places I could seriously stub my toes on my way from my... Continue reading

Lucas Maassen and Dries Verbruggen had a crazy idea. Not only did they have a crazy idea, but they acted on that very oddity. And that’s how you get things done, no matter how nutso the concept might seem. This proof-of-concept Brainwave Sofa device takes raw EEG data and creates a piece of furniture based on your very thoughts. The extracted EEG data was used to create a 3D landscape with the x-axis representing the frequency of brainwave activity in... Continue reading

If you play video games long enough, you have a highly increased chance to have a seizure. Researchers from the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre in Belgium have developed a new “portable electroencephalogram”, pretty much short for self-powered Brainwave Headphones, which can monitor brainwaves, providing an early monitor system for epilepsy, and possibly be used for gaming purposes in the future. The headphones are powered by using “thermoelectric materials which turn heat gradients into electrical energy, using the difference between a warm... Continue reading