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Mom, dad, I’m going to be a Jedi.
That’s right, apparently a company called Neurosky (click the picture to find out more, it’s linked) 
has developed a product that allows your brain waves to be picked up by a transmitter and turned into commands. The device looks like a xbox360 headset, funnily enough. They’re developing it as we speak, but of course, the true inner nerd of me wasn’t excited about this for that reason, oh no, I was excited for the star wars reason.
Apparently, a Star Wars product is in works that allows you to think about moving things and do it, using this product as basically…THE FORCE. Here’s the only problem I have with this thing. It’s going to make people LOSE THEIR JOBS EVEN MORE. That’s all technology does, as it’s supposed to help us get our work done faster, instead it does it so well and better than we do it puts people out of commission. NASA is saying that they want to get a hold of this thing to use it for space shuttles where the astronauts have a hard time, and of course everyone in the business world is going to want one now too. Is it so hard to…I don’t know, learn how to do your job?
But I digress, not on a ranting rage today. I’m too psyched about the Star Wars section of this thing, and imagining not only the fun-but the TROUBLE-I could cause with this. And why only a ping pong ball? That’s the lame part, I wanna be able to move like trucks and shit. See THAT would be cool. Think about lifting up the truck and it would happen, THAT would be cool. You could clear up traffic in an instant! But of course, this thing isn’t going to go to straight to the public first, where does all the cool shit go straight to? The army. Here’s a little chart for you, so we can monitor civilian technology advances with government technology advances:
Microwave Ovens=Civilians
Flamethrowers=Government
Sketchers Light Up Sneakers=Civilians
Cars that can go Underwater=Government
Guitar Hero=Civilians
Headset that allows you to move shit just by thinking about it=Government
I THINK we’re a little out of the loop, people. Of course, it would be AWESOME to be able to just think about my remote control and have it wiggle out of it’s hiding place and come and find me. But really, I begin to think about our technology vs their technology and it’s not fair, it’s NOT. It’s a free country, right? So why can’t I live in my underwater car fighting squids with my flamethrower and thinking about treasure until it appears in front of me. That’s what I really wanna DO with my life, anyway!
Live in an underwater car and fight squids with a flamethrower while making my mind move big rocks so I can find treasure.
That’s the world I one day want to live in.
m@rk
