#neurowear

neurowear "mico" app demo at SXSW

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“Neurowear is a company that develops wearable fashion items that can be controlled using your brain waves and other biosensors, with the goal of ‘augmenting’ the human body.

Back in May 2012 I had the chance to try Necomimi (in Japanese Neko – 猫 – means cat and Mimi – 耳 – means ear), a pair of cat-like ears that you can control with your brain, guided by Tomonori Kagaya, one of the key designers at Neurowear. Necomimi senses when you’re alert/focused, relaxed or “in the zone” (relaxed but focused at the same time) and wiggles accordingly. Necomimi retails at around 80 dollars, making it a relatively affordable for a hi-tech gadget (after all we’re talking about pioneering commercial brain sensors).

Today Neurowear announced Shippo (shown in the video above), a dog-like tail also controlled by your brainwaves, which reacts to your mood and geotags your mood/location using the companion mobile app.” http://www.gchicco.com/2012/09/23/augmenting-the-human-body-brain-controlled-dog-tail-and-cat-ears/