Brain-Computer Interface Gives New Meaning to "Mind Control"

Can a well-directed thought be as good as a mouse click? With an Emotiv EPOC headset, the answer is yes. And then some. Though Emotiv describe their device as a "high-resolution, neuro-signal acquisition and processing wireless neuroheadset," we're quite content to call it a thinking cap.

Tan Le, the head of Emotiv Systems, demonstrated the EPOC headset at this year's TEDGlobal conference (the good stuff begins around the 4:30 mark):

Is the computer mouse destined for extinction? Weigh in below.

• Previously, HowTo: Read Your Own Mind.