For people with confidence in mental power, I tried playing with a new type of toy playing with the ball floating on the electroencephalogram

We detected brain waves with a headset attached to the head, and floating the ball with a thought that a futuristic toy was exhibited at the Sega Toys booth at TOY Forum 2010. It was terribly worth seeing its performance.

Details are as below.
Package that was piled up at the Sega Toys booth.


"Mind FLEX (Mindflex)" and a blue lettering sparkling signboard.


It seems to be a toy controlled by the brainwave nominated in toy of the year 3 division in the USA. This time is a reference exhibition, the planned sales price in Japan is 9975 yen including tax.


The main body is a curve-oriented design, and it looks like "Future" anyhow.


This is a headset that detects brain waves. There are code like an earphone attached to the ear with a clip, but is it also measuring the heart rate?


A ball that floats on an electroencephalogram. It is made of a light and fluffy foam form.


The summary is written to control the ball with "thinking power (concentration)".


A transparent circle in the middle indicates the strength of the brain wave. Twist the dial on the right, move the hole where the way the air is blown out by the strength of the brain waves, and play the ball through the ring of the main body.


Since it is hard to see for a hundred pictures, I actually tried playing it. The dial is for the purpose of moving the ball to the last, floating the ball is concentration.
YouTube - Play "Mind flex" to control the ball with the EEG


As an impression that I tried playing, when I take my eyes off the ball and fall off as soon as I am distracted, I felt that I was exactly trying concentration. It is quite difficult to turn the dial while controlling consciousness to raise the ball to the position of the ring, I feel that there is not only concentration but also gut.

It seems that you can play with up to 4 people, but the scene playing alone is a place you do not want people to see so much.