Hi there, i'm from Portugal and i'm 20 years old. I literally spent roughly a week and a half reading all posts of this topic (so i know a few posts were moved to other sub-topics ^^). it seems there's a lot of enthusiasm here but we need to be serious and be realistic on how the tech will work. I'm studying electrical engineering so i know a little bit of electromagnetic fields. i would like to explain why we have so much trouble reading brain waves (i'm no expert nor am i a neurologist so if i'm incorrected, in any part, pls, do correct me ^^" ): When a current passes through a neuron , just like in a wire, it creates a magnetic field (it depends on the current, Tension, the tissue consistency ... ), and people use that to "read" brain waves. The problem is that there is some background noisy which is something that simply exists everywhere (electrons movement, radio interferences, basically anything can cause noise) and the current as well as tension in our nerves is just too small, in the order of micro Volts and micro Amp(with a really optimistic approach). it basically turns it very hard to differ which nerve is active and those which aren't. So, very precise instruments are required. Although what some do is, instead of "reading" individually each nerve, they read some distinct parts of the brain and group them in patterns (it's just the idea). Example: Using the tech CraigD spoke of, the EPOC-Emotiv, if you want to move a little car from left to right, they say to you, "Think of the car moving from left to right" and register the pattern of your brain waves. Now each time you think of it the car will move from left to right. But instead, before the registration of the pattern if you in something totally different (Ex:drinking water), that's what you'll need to think in for the car to move. (long text?? Sorry about that hehe ) Solutions : (non-int) well we'll have just to wait for some new techniques more accurated.Sorry did i say wait? I meant CREATE. So guys that's where you need to focus. But do some actual research about Original and Outside-the-Box methods. (int/non-int): Don't Be Lazy and read the posts of CraigD and Shodan as well as of any others who spoke of nano wires (srr for not remember the names --_--"). I think it could actually become an alternative if we can't find any precise non-int solution. (int):it needs to be the last resource to medicine, and it's out-of question for gaming (risk is way to high just for fun).It basically says everything (what will vary is the method to attach the nerves in question to some kind of device). Ideas(will write on other post, this one is becoming too big (o)__(o))
