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From: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
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Subject: Re: In search of "MindLink"
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Date: 17 Jun 91 19:57:37 GMT
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In article <1991Jun17.172945.20889@Think.COM>, sean@think.com (Sean Colbath) writes:
>
>Around 1984, a friend of mine forwarded me a clip he had seen in Popular
>Science regarding a new Atari product called "MindLink" that purported to
>allow you to control your computer with your mind (read: play video games):
>[....]
>Presumably this is just a piece of hardware that monitors alpha-waves and
>you have to train to use it via biofeedback.  Does anyone out there know if
>this product ever really made it to market?  Does anyone out there *HAVE*
>one of these (that they'd be willing to sell)?
>

Well, I can vouch that such devices used to exist.  I remember playing 
with one on my old Atari 800 (8-bit).  I cannot remember the name of 
the software, but it included a "band" type sensor.  The program had 
three parts.  One was a sophisticated biofeedback monitor, one was 
a really neat graphic/sound demo which was supposed to help you "relax",
and finally there was a (very mellow) game.  The game had you guide a 
balloon up through the sky, avoiding mean old clouds and stuff.  As a 
controller, the thing basically emulated a paddle (ie left and right).
To get the 9 signals needed for a joystick would take some doing?!?!
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