Nécomimi: For Those Who Ever Questioned the Utility of Playboy Bunny Headbands.

Don't you love how those ears perk up when she gets all feeny?

When I came home from Switzerland yesterday, The Man was all in a state about NeuroWear, the people behind the technology above.

"Do you think it's real?" he wondered.

Why not. It was only last month that I mentioned mind control tech was the new frontier, and NeuroWear's Nécomimi thing, which is basically a mood ring, doesn't represent the most serious ways in which mind-interfacing technology has advanced (1, 2, 3). But it does represent how cheap the technology has become, how sensitive, and how important it'll be for the future: people are playing with it.

To wit: BCI (brain computer inferface) users can even make beats.



I wouldn't worry about everybody and your mom getting "Nécomimi" bunny ears, though. (I am holding out for a tail.) The money's on the gaming industry, and eMotiv is already conducting open experiments in that arena.

Via.

If Your Platinum Grill Isn't Blinding Enough...

...I guess you could always put LED lights in your mouth.

It's not like we have anything better to do than report about it. And think how frightened Großmutter will be!

Developed by Japanese designers Motoi Ishibashi and Daito Manabe, the idea hatched when Ishibashi saw a video of LED throwies, little lights that can be fixed to a magnet and thrown onto metal surfaces, basically the gadget bastard of confetti and graffiti.

The LED smile devices affix easily to teeth and glow different colours when you smile. The colours can be changed wirelessly with a computer interface (as appears above).

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