Mind-controlled skateboard steered via Windows 8

Way before it is released to the public, Microsoft's upcoming flagship operating system, Windows 8, is already being used to steer a "mind-controlled" skateboard.

 

Chaotic Moon Labs paired a tablet running Windows 8 and a neuroheadset to pull off the stunt, a report on PC World said.

 

"Using a Windows 8 based tablet from Samsung and a neuroheadset, the 800-watt electric skateboard takes commands from the brain while the rider visualizes their trajectory across the landscape," it said.

 

It added that the headset controls the rider's direction, and can also control speed.

 

A separate article on Geekologie.com talked about how mind control could potentially make navigation so much easier —and that much easier to, uh, go overboard.

 

"To slow down and stop, you imagine the point you wanted to travel to becoming closer and closer, until you're there. To die, you think 'GO GO GO -- VROOM VROOM VROOM!' while aimed at a cliff," the article lightheartedly joked. — TJD, GMA News