FPS gaming would be really taken one step further with a functioning device like this. Sticking wet electrodes to my forehead doesn\'t sound too appealing, though. ^^

I really like this for the disability aspects of it. I have a close friend who has cerebral palsy and on top of that his vertebrae are all fused making his mobility very limited. He is completely wheelchair bound and even has difficulty eating because his hands are so bound up by the palsy. He has a marvelous mind however. And he wants to work but has not been able to get any jobs he really enjoys because of people not expecting him to perform as well as someone without his disabilities. The jobs he has done he has done very well.(he does office work as he can use a computer pretty well. And to give him robotic arms would open so many possibilities for him. I even wonder if this technology will soon enable him to use a \'cyborg\'-like exoskeleton to walk and work with some semblance of normality.
On the gaming side; As a gamer, I don\'t know if I would like not using my hands. And the idea of controlling the game with my face is just retarded...seriously. However, a synergistic system, using a handheld controller with action-focused buttons and a headset for selecting and setting extra options on-the-fly would be brilliant! (as long as it uses brain waves and not facial movement!) For example; In the first \'Fable\' game for XBOX, there are hundreds of items and in-game selectables. Requiring the player to often pause the game and sift through pages and pages of items and/or options and then return to gameplay. Imagine being able to switch weapons without having to push a button on the controller. Or to interact with items/doors/etc without needing to have a dedicated \"interact\" button taking up space. Hand held controllers could be simpler and more effective. And the game would be able to have more control features because an entire keyboard could be reduced to just one or two basic physical controllers. Making consoles able to have the options preciously only available to PCs. I can see the value of adding thought to a controller/mouse but I don\'t see any true viability for sitting there and not sing my hands.
However, for those people like my friend, who cannot play many games because of their disability, I\'m sure THEY would love the option to control games via mind control.
Two things though: 1: Make one that looks like a hat or helmet...the wires are just creepy. 2: I agree with the post above, wet electrodes need to be replaced with dry if possible.

Next step: EEG controlled Wii = AWESOMENESS And it will also work both ways: you can use EEG controlled games to keep you trained for other applications, like a wheel chair, a fighter jet or a mech suit (YEAHHH!!).

It\'s nice to see this technology is starting to flourish in the consumer market. Once our home appliances, and consumer electronics devices are enabled with this technology, everyone with a headset will be controlling these things hands-free. In the future, there will probably be a miniature wireless EEG on-a-chip that they can easily implant into the skull, and we will all become Cyborgs at that point.
The PLX Devices EEG Headset and XWave app are some other pretty cool tools for reading and training your brain waves. They also have another interesting app called Tug of Mind.

Did someone memo Stephen Hawking about this?

YES! one step closer to the Matrix!

Gaming, awesome. Helping the disabled, super awesome. Neuromarketing, should absolutely be made illegal! The masses will be controlled with greater force when this market research is finished. Advertisers will know exactly what to do to get virtually anyone to buy / do anything!

This is just further progress towards the government\'s capability to record and control everything we do and think disguised as entertainment. There can be no doubt.

How long before \"They\" can read our minds at a distance? Walk into t a car dealership for example and the salesman would be able to tell just how much you are interested and willing to pay. We already have laws fro \"Hate\" crimes they can then be extended to \"thought\" Crimes. Soon we will all need to wear tinfoil hats for any type privacy.

They should give one of these to Stephen Hawking. He gets lots of publicity when he gives \"speeches\" using his computer. If this gizmo enabled him to talk better, and to do math better, it would be great publicity for the company.