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BBC Controls TVs.. With the Mind!

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The BBC develops a prototype for remote control replacement straight out of science fiction-- a headset using the power of the wearer's mind to control an experimental version of the iPlayer on-demand platform.

BBC Mind ControlBased on a cheap brainwave-reading headset, the headset has users turn on and operate the app through either concentrating or relaxing their minds.

"It's an internal prototype designed to give our programme makers, technologists and other users an idea of how this technology might be used in future," the BBC says.

Such a device would make it easier for disabled people unable to handle traditional remotes to control their TVs or other devices. That, or more lazy customers will be freed from having to even stretch in order to reach the remote…

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