George Lucas trains people to use The Force
STAR WARS creator George Lucas has released a new toy which is being marketed as a tool to help you develop Jedi-like powers.
OK, The Force Trainer (expected to be priced at $90 to $100) is not really going to give you magical powers. It comes with a headset that uses brain waves to allow players to manipulate a sphere within a clear 10-inch-tall training tower.
It is a toy but it is also one of the first mass-market brain-to-computer products. The headset reads your brain activity, in a simplified version of EEG medical tests.
This circuitry translates it to physical action and if you can focus well enough, the training sphere, which looks like a ping-pong ball, will rise in the tower.
It does take some deep concentration to get the Force-full effect something that is not possible without lots of coffee.
The toy comes with Star Wars sound effects and audio clips emitted from the base unit.
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USA Today
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Why not make it look like one of those cool red-ish sith holocrons from the KotOR 2 video game? Toy makers just don't have any imagination these days.
that is a interesting toy and I wonder will they make a "Hologram Light" for LightSabe?
That's interesting toy and I wonder will they create a "Hologram light" for the Lightsabe?
Back in the dark ages there was product like this that let you make music on the commodore 64 with brain waves.
Oh how far we've come.
Looks like a bong to me. Training for college I see.
The numb of punters taking midi-chlorian performance enhancers is likely to sky-walkit. I believe that I was born with the force: mom always said that I was a complete dribbler, err.. drooler.
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