Startup to launch $199 brainwave computer controller in 2013
PARIS -- Startup Interaxon today announced it'll ship a $199 headset called the Muse next spring that will let people use their brainwaves to directly control videogames and other computing operations.
Interaxon Chief Executive Ariel Garten announced the Muse at the LeWeb conference here, and she showed off one application she thinks direct brainwave input will help people: infusing e-mails with emotion.
"This is the first though-controlled device that's stylish and easy to wear," Garten said of the Muse.
Using LeWeb founder Loic Le Meur as a guinea pig, she showed an application she called Emotype … Read more