Mind If I Take Over? - Brain-Powered Headset

As I have alluded to in previous posts, the main drawback to exisiting interfaces, be they mouse, keyboard, or touch screen, is that they tie us to the device by our fingers. Freed from that constraint, we could reassert our master/slave relationship and reassign our limbs to other tasks.

Voice / Speech  Recognition and Control is one way of relinquishing the bond, but at a cost of noise and privacy, unless we invent a secret language to talk to our pc with.

Mind control is more promising , if in its infancy. The Epoc device from Emotive  is attracting a lot of interest. A wireless headset, it allows the user to train the pc to read our intent. According to a recent review, it is a genuinely usable technology.

I couldn't find any accurate description of its resolution, and the reviewer notes a few drawbacks;
the device is slower than mouse or touchpad, and as for wearing the headset:
“You might want a mirror at first, until you learn the locations of all the sensors by touch.  If you have hair, you may have to wiggle several of them to get full contact.” Not exactly a device you grab and slap on!

The reviewer also mentioned the need to train yourself to think i.e. not let your mind wander.

However as a silent hands-free interface, its easy to see why the interest.