Friday, April 05, 2013

Setting presence status with the mind. Rejection has never been easier: just think about it.

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KEY MOBILE TRENDS: BCI.
EVENT HORIZON: 4 years.


It's not always nice to think about rejection. But here's something that can make it much easier. It's all in your head.

Here's an EEG headset that picks up on the wearer's mental state and sets a smartphone presence status accordingly. So, for example, if you are busy in thought, it will intercept phone calls.

While BCI has been solidly inching forward, it's still years away from mainstream for mobile interfaces. I do expect some game console maker, perhaps Nintendo, to introduce a mainstream EEG accessory quite soon. It usually takes something like that to break in the market.

So, smartphone and platform vendors: how big is your BCI unit?


[photo via POPSCI}

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