Add this to your Christmas list! Neuro-engineering company Emotiv Systems have developed a headset that will allow you to control your electronic games using your thoughts alone. It's expected to market for around $299 next Christmas.

According to company president Tan Le, Emotiv's software algorithm "unfolds the cortex and takes us closer to the source of the signal." According to their website company overview: "while Emotiv Systems is currently focusing on the electronic gaming industry, the applications for the Emotiv technology and interface span an amazing variety of potential industries -- interactive television, accessibility design, market research, medicine, even security -- and plans for introducing Emotiv into these realms and more are already in the works".

All I can say is that if this communication channel is fully duplex, do not buy one for the wife!

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