Being a lover of all things technological, I am never happy with the level we humans have achieved. Most of us carry little portable computers that let us do almost anything we could want in the comfort of our own home, but where is the virtual reality that was promised us since the 1990s? The Berlin Brain-Computer Interface might bring us one step closer. With this goofy-looking device strapped to your head, all you have to do is imagine hitting right and left flippers in your head, and you're playing a game of pinball [via Techeblog]:
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It may not be a pair of sunglasses that transports our consciousness to a place our body can't go, but it's a start. If only it didn't involve putting on a bald cap with Christmas lights on it.