Hitachi prototypes brain-powered remote for handsfree control

If Hitachi, as they propose to in about three-four years, actually pulls this off, then couch-potatoes and lethargics like me will have their universe complete. Did I miss Hitachi’s prototype, actually it is the latest Brain Machine Interface adaption enhancing upon which the company has developed a prototype remote control that’ll allow users to operate electronic devices with brain activity alone.

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The control system is based on an infrared enabled headset which scans blood flow changes in the brain and transmits the same via optical fiber to a remote control, which prompted by the brain activity beams the thought through infrared ray onto the electronic device to achieve the desired result.

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