Jaw Droping Brain Cap

In my opinion, there was one really cool thing that happened during our time at the Tank that made every one's jaw drop. It wasn't part of the performance, simply a model of something big that could be for the future. A couple weeks back, a student came up with the idea to get a brain cap. Before this time, I've never heard of such a thing and became completely intrigued when I found out. Simply put, its a cap that can read your mind. It uses cutting edge technology in order to read your brain waves and manipulate something in accordance with the waves. You can use it to do math problems, to open an application on your computer, or even manipulate music. To the outsider, this may seem crazy and maybe even impossible however Ryan was able to make it work.

Before the performance, I took a picture of Ryan with the cap on. He was making sure everything was in tact and that it would work correctly. Then he shows us his homemade motor. With the brain cap, he was actually able to use his "thinking" power to move the motor up and down and side to side. Amazing! He was standing about 5 feet away from the toy and was completely able to do it without any physical help. That set the rest of the tone for the afternoon and became the most impressive performance at the Tank that day.

Ryan's use of the brain cap is really cool however it serves a purpose. To me, it's the future. The future of everything from cell phones to computers to even learning in school. Think about all the amazing things that can be done just using your mind. DJ's can mix up music just by thinking about it and professors can write on the board by just thinking about the problem. This brain cap is going to be the future of the world and I hope that it can be put to more uses in the near future. I am simply amazed that innovation has come this far and that it's right here at Stony Brook.