There are robots among us

Los Angeles Times, calendarlive.com, 2009-09-13

...Another NextFest exhibit that explores the man-machine connection is the game BrainBall, a sort of psychic version of Pong, in which players wearing electrode straps around their foreheads attempt to use brain waves to move a ball past the opponents' goal. "It's a biofeedback system that measures brain activity," explains Magnus Jonsson of Sweden's Interactive Institute, which created the game. The brain waves of the player who is most relaxed moves the ball. "Unlike conventional competitions, BrainBall rewards passivity and calmness, rather than activity and adrenaline. I'm usually pretty good at it, but I've been drinking too much coffee this week," Jonsson says.

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