What started as a Kickstarter project has now become a reality. Puzzlebox has met it's funding goal, 7 times over and has made the Orbit, a spherical mind-controlled helicopter available to the public. The helicopter is driven by an app on either an iOS or Andrioid device, to which you connect an IR transmitter at the headphones jack. The headset, a NeuroSky MindWave mobile, connects with Bluetooth and has a single EEG contact clip that attaches to the user's earlobe and detects a handful of different thought patterns, including focus and mental relaxation. The flight pattern can be set to go up and down only, or in multiple directions. NeuroSky has made the headset itself available to developers to implement the mind control technology into their own apps and hardware. The Orbit is available now for $189.00 and includes the headset and IR transmitter.
