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Mind Games

A new game, called Mind Flex from toy maker Mattel, allows players to move a ball around an obstacle course by using just their powers of concentration. Mind Flex relies on EEG technology to measure brain wave activity through a headset equipped with sensors for the forehead and earlobes.

Focusing on the ball causes a fan in the base of the game to start up and lift the ball on a gentle stream of air. Once a player has the ball in the air they need to try to weave it through hoops, towers and other obstacles.

"It's a mind-eye coordination game," said Mattel's Tim Sheridan. "As you relax you'll find that the ball drops."

The game will be available in September for eighty dollars, and was displayed by Mattel at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Internet Car Radio

It is available now. Is this cool or what. Since satellite radio is struggling to keep its head above water do to the cost, this is a great replacement. It uses a bluetooth connection to your phone and works just like a regular stereo car radio, plus, with the push of a button on it, you can use your phone. Cost is currently about $300, but prices should drop fast with adoption.

Nanotechnology

In my never ending quest to find new stuff about nano technology, which is in the process of revolutionizing our world, I found that a nanometer is the length that your finger nails grow every second.
Nano-Care fabrics, sold in Eddie Bauer chinos and other clothing since November 2001, incorporate “nano-whiskers” into the fabric to make it stain-resistant to water-based liquids such as coffee and wine.

Whence Bluetooth

It comes from Harald Bluetooth (Blatonn) Gormson, the king of Denmark and Norway back in the nine hundreds, who turned the Danes to Christianity. The name suggests he had a dark or blue tooth. The bluetooth logo shows Nordic letters for his name. Some say his son deposed him as king. Bluetooth has a range of only 30 feet. Wonder what whizbang technology will depose bluetooth as it deposed wires.