OCZ NIA (Neural Impulse Actuator)

[bumcheekcity]

http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?/input_devices/ocz_prepares_neural_impulse_actuator_for_shipping_next_week/1

Anyone heard of this? It's a brain mouse, thing. It scans your brainwaves, and maps thoughts to keys or mouse buttons. I'm very interetsed in it (it's being sold at eBuyer UK now), but I can't find any reviews of what is a hyper-amazing bit of tech. Anyone got any information?

 

[spuddyt]

from what i've heard, if you've got money to blow, its not something you'll just chuck away as a gimmick after a month - but its a bit pricy

 

[Hard Line]

from some of the reviews I read about it, people after a week of using it were much better at FPS based games and gave a definate advantage

 

[rtfm]

Also when ur downloading porn, leaves your hands free for other things ;-)

 

[Hard Line]

ROFLMAO that was great!

 

[mi1ez]

Very good!
My colleague is now looking at me funny- if you think I'm telling her what's funny, you're wrong!

 

[Hellboy]

Very good!
My colleague is now looking at me funny- if you think I'm telling her what's funny, you're wrong!

Yeah but are u telling her what your thinking about, its not whats funny that counts here !!!!!!

 

[mi1ez]

Yeah but are u telling her what your thinking about, its not whats funny that counts here !!!!!!

I work in a primary school...

"Me and the guys were discussing hands free porn viewing"

wouldn't be the most sensible thing to say!

 

[warezme]

Also when ur downloading porn, leaves your hands free for other things ;-)

like what?



(does he take the bait...., the master bait)

 

[dobby]

when your downloading them? oh thats a nice torrent window. lol

 

[alpine18]

The OCZ NIA was supposedly "shipping" last month, according to some reports. Most distributors that I have talked to say they haven't seen any yet and that it probably won't be available until late April or May. The price is supposed to be around $150.

But, it sounds like at least some review samples have been sent out: http://www.techradar.com/news/compu...viewed-the-ocz-neural-impulse-actuator-315193

The statement "possibly one of the coolest PC peripherals we've ever encountered" has me curious.

 

[Hellboy]

The OCZ NIA was supposedly "shipping" last month, according to some reports. Most distributors that I have talked to say they haven't seen any yet and that it probably won't be available until late April or May. The price is supposed to be around $150.

But, it sounds like at least some review samples have been sent out: http://www.techradar.com/news/compu...viewed-the-ocz-neural-impulse-actuator-315193

The statement "possibly one of the coolest PC peripherals we've ever encountered" has me curious.

I said this about two months ago...............................

What do i know...

 

[alpine18]

I was thinking about this... since the NIA works by monitoring brain waves, and you apparently assign actions or keystrokes to different patterns of brain waves.

So, does drinking a lot of coffee change your brain patterns? Would I need a different calibration profile for my NIA after drinking several cups of coffee or shots of espresso? What about drinking alcohol? Would my brain waves then be too sedate after having a few beers for the NIA to function? Or perhaps I would just need to have three different calibration profiles saved for my NIA: 1 for when I am highly caffeinated, another for after I've had a few beers, and another for just normal everyday use.

Thoughts?