{"id":290530,"date":"2010-02-07T18:44:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T23:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/interaxon-bright-ideas-demo-winter-olympics\/14098\/"},"modified":"2010-02-07T18:44:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-07T23:44:56","slug":"tech-firm-interaxon-to-transmit-brain-waves-across-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/290530","title":{"rendered":"Tech firm InteraXon to transmit brain waves across Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/interaxon.jpg\" alt=\"InteraXon's Bright Ideas demo, at the Vancouver Olympic Games site\"><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re attending the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia this month, you&#8217;ll have the chance to transmit your brain waves across Canada. When they reach their destination, the province of Ontario, they&#8217;ll produce a custom light show on one of three prominent Ontario landmarks &#8211;  presumably to the amazement of thousands of onlookers. While this might sound like technology straight out of an <em>X-Men<\/em> movie, it is in fact the latest accomplishment of Toronto-based tech firm InteraXon&#8230; and it could be just the tip of the iceberg in the field of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/the-first-commercial-brain-computer-interface\/8860\/\" >thought-controlled computing<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/brain\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brain<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/concept\/\" rel=\"tag\">Concept<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/headset\/\" rel=\"tag\">Headset<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/olympic\/\" rel=\"tag\">Olympic<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/research\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/software\/\" rel=\"tag\">Software<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/technology\/\" rel=\"tag\">Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/brain-to-brain-communication\/13055\/\">Brain-to-brain communication over the Internet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/brain-control-wheelchair-robotic-arm\/10954\/\">Wheelchair-mounted robotic arm controlled by thought alone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/toyota-wheelchair-powered-brain-waves\/12121\/\">Toyota makes a wheelchair steered by brain waves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/if-you-want-to-solve-a-problem-forget-about-it\/11699\/\">If you want to solve a problem &#8211; forget about it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/6676\/\">The thought-controlled humanoid robot &#8211; puppet without strings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/squeezing-light\/13557\/\">Scientists squeeze more out of light<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VJDvGDtpmCxEywzeRccHmAAa0TY\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VJDvGDtpmCxEywzeRccHmAAa0TY\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VJDvGDtpmCxEywzeRccHmAAa0TY\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/VJDvGDtpmCxEywzeRccHmAAa0TY\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=DnKtXVDc4Lk:nLCOR8AflZw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=DnKtXVDc4Lk:nLCOR8AflZw:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=DnKtXVDc4Lk:nLCOR8AflZw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=DnKtXVDc4Lk:nLCOR8AflZw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=DnKtXVDc4Lk:nLCOR8AflZw:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=DnKtXVDc4Lk:nLCOR8AflZw:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=DnKtXVDc4Lk:nLCOR8AflZw:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/DnKtXVDc4Lk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re attending the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia this month, you&#8217;ll have the chance to transmit your brain waves across Canada. 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