Thought-Controlled Computing Will Light Up Vancouver Olympics

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Figure skating? Please. The main attraction for many visitors to the Winter Olympics will be an installation letting them control the lights at Niagara Falls with their minds. That's right: we're all telekinetics now. Of course, anything seemingly this amazing requires some hedging. The Bright Ideas installation by Toronto-based company InteraXon doesn't let you decide what color the lights should be or how brightly they should shine, and it can't tell if you're specific thought is, say, "Lights, I command thee!" Read more...