Archives for March 2012

All Your Thoughts, Are Belong to Us!

Emotiv's EPOC neuroheadsetIt started with my discovery of the “Imagination Board!” – a mind controlled skateboard.

This made me ask: If they can mind control a skateboard, what else is being mind-controlled?

The most common interface device I’ve found so far is the EPOC neuroheadset. Retailing at $299, I’m more than a little blown away. I mean, seriously, did any of us think mind-controlled skateboards, phones, or video games? I didn’t, and I’m a complete nutter for sci-fi!

Like any new interface technology worth the time, the EPOC neuroheadset has a development community and SDK (software development kit). It takes a village, right? I won’t lie though, most of the posts I saw in there are completely over my head.

Here’s a brief list of some of the applications developed (or in development) for use with the EPOC neuroheadset:

The object of the game is to develop your Emotiv EPOC skills and rebuild Stonehenge, moving the giant triliths to reconstruct the monument. Your mission is to put triliths in the east, west, south, north of the sacred site, and finally to raise the ancient temple which was buried in the middle of the stone circle.

A typical NeuroVault task, a game developer would use NeuroVault to capture a gamer putting a new game through its paces.

Afterwards, they could playback synchronized video, audio and EEG data, and see immediately which events in the game excited the player, or were frustrating, challenging or just downright boring. Because NeuroVault lets you review the data at your leisure, its very easy to visualize the exact events which trigger changes in emotional state.

After the reading of many charts, the application of copious amounts of saline, and not just a little bit of ‘OH YIKES,’ Chaotic Moon Labs is proud to introduce not the Board of Awesomeness 2.0, but rather the Board of Imagination. Using the same drive system and Samsung-built brains as the Board of Awesomeness, this new board is operated solely on the power of your imagination, no controller here. “LOOK, MA: NO HANDS!”

A new device from Dartmouth College lets users select and dial a contact’s phone number just by thinking about it.

Board of Imagination!

Here I am waiting around for my Hover Board, long after Michael J. Fox floated across the big screen more than two decades ago, when I hit upon a new type of skateboard from Chaotic Moon Labs, an Austin based company of awesomeness. This new board from Chaotic Moon Labs honestly makes me more excited than the Hover Board “imagined” in Back to the Future..

The new “Board of Imagination” is different from any other skateboard ever invented.

Why? Simple: the Board of Imagination is mind-controlled.

Here’s a video that literally blew my mind:

So the question I have to ask: Is this Science Fiction, or for real? The answer is: it’s for real…

I followed my sleuthing to an article on CNET, by Molly Wood, which lead me to the Emotiv Store, where you can actually buy the EPOC neuroheadset (the mind controller device). Judging from the video of Molly Wood using the Board of Imagination, it isn’t totally easy to control. There’s a bit of a learning curve, but I still want one!

Is this the dawn of a new era of Jedi devices, mind controlled and full of imagination and awesomeness? What’s next, will we be reading each others thoughts through wireless hairnets?

Whatever the future tech may hold, keep up the awesome development, Chaotic Moon Labs!

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Inspiration for this post owed to: @braernoch

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Thank You, Triad Stage

It was my privilege to be an audience member for the premiere performance of When Everything Was Possible at Triad Stage in downtown Greensboro. From the opening notes of the live musicians, masterfully directed by Michael Rafter, who also played the piano for the production, I was as caught up in the performance as any I’ve ever seen.

Two actors alone occupied the stage, but their command of that intimate space filled the entire theatre. Kurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory bring to the stage their own personal history of pursuing a dream and finding friendship together in the process. Telling their story through spoken word and song, we arrive with them in New York City at the onset of their celebrated respective careers and stand when the last notes are being sung, not because we want to leave but because standing is the only way we know to give back to them our gratitude for what we just received.

For those of you who missed this unique two-performance run in Greensboro, it’s not too late to attend the New York City premiere on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at the 2200 seat New York City Center. Personally, I’m grateful to have been part of the much more intimate 300 seat performance in my own backyard.

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Wayfair : Bringing Nobility Back to “Homemaker”

Kristine Kennedy is on a mission. Since becoming the Editorial Director of  Wayfair.com, the largest online-only retailer of home furnishings, she has made it her mission to bring the pride and passion back to the label of “homemaker”. . .  one blog post at a time.

With a dynamic approach to building the Wayfair brand and a fresh digital presence, Kristine has made social media content her main focus by creating a growing community of loyal brand advocates and “She is committed to offering inspiration, ideas, advice and conversation to everyday people.”

The Wayfair brand is offering customers, who are passionate homemakers, inspiration and value as well as information. Committing to an active online presence on social sites such as Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter as well as having a stable of industry influencers like Kate Smith, president and chief color maven at Sensational Color, Matthew Mead, former style editor of Country Home magazine and Erika Johnson, the voice behind Radiant Republic blog (just to name a few) Wayfair shares with readers a colorful and active community of inspiration with ‘My Way Home’.

Kristine shared quite simply that Wayfair is committed to bringing nobility back to the moniker ‘homemaker’.  “We want it to be a description about those who are passionate about their home, and we all are passionate about our home.”

Note: Special thanks to High Point University for hosting the 2012 Knabusch Shoemaker Seminar where Kristine Kennedy was the keynote speaker.

Do you blog about your ‘homemaking’ adventures? If so, what makes your house a home?

Is an active online presence key to making you more loyal to a brand like Wayfair?

Were do you look for home inspiration online?

 

In it to Win it! – Tracy Myers Signed To Write Book With Sales Training Legend Tom Hopkins

Tracy Myers and Sales Training Legend Tom Hopkins photo by Tracy Myers

Great news in the Triad as local leader, well known author and  owner of Frank Myers Auto Maxx, Tracy Myers, announces a collaborative book with international sales training legend Tom Hopkins.

From Tracy’s site :

“The book, titled “In It To Win It”, will be a collaborative effort of Tracy Myers, Tom Hopkins and other Entrepreneurs and Professionals all around the world revealing their top secrets on an array of subjects ranging from health, wealth, marketing and business success. The book is due to be released in 2012.”

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What are YOUR top secrets to be “In It to Win It”?

Learn more about Tracy and order your own copy of his other best selling books!

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