What's Next, Radioactive Children?

Online, March 9, 2011 (Newswire.com) - It is a good thing to use technology to improve our lives but where do we or should we draw the line? NeuroSky Inc. has created a brain wave reading headset desiged to help children exercise the minds.

I would not be comfortable attaching something to my child's head that is going to electronically do something to their brains before we know all the ramifications. Our Children's and well being is too important to simply just trust any gadget that proposes to help without fully understanding the consequences.

Here's some brief information from an article I found about NeuroSky's product:

I imagine that any device kids are accustomed to playing with at home will also engage them in the classroom.

Take, for example, the brain wave-reading headset from NeuroSky Inc., which is the core technology in the popular "Star Wars''-themed game, The Force Trainer.

The Force Trainer headset contains a forehead EEG sensor that detects the brain waves associated with concentration and triggers a fan to blow a ball toward the top of a clear chamber.

Now NeuroSky is offering the MindWave Education Bundle, which the company is pitching as "exercise equipment for children's minds.'' (The MindWave is the first product NeuroSky is marketing directly to consumers.)

The MindWave promises to get kids thinking like scientists and engineers, envisioning new applications for brain-to-computer interfaces for everything from aerospace to assistive technologies for people with physical or cognitive impairments.

Rather than a ball in a tube, those using the MindWave actually manipulate apps, and there are already more than 30 apps and games for the system at NeuroSky's online store. One, Speed Math, measures a student's ability to focus while he is learning.

Other apps for the MindWave encourage students to meditate or relax. And in doing so, they are able to change the outcome of games. One of the apps even allows users to change the outcome of a movie by adjusting your mental state.

Read more here boston.com

Recent studies suggest that the radiation that cell phones give off can potentially cause cancer. Who would've thought that years ago? And, if we knew that would cell phones be as popular today? Now consider attaching something to you childs head that stimulates brain waves. Do you really trust that this can be safe?

Health and fitness is an important part of all of our lives and being healthy is a priority to all of us. We pay attention to our bodies and even use Supplements to improve our health. We are careful with how much junk food that we give our children because we are concerned with what they eat. I suppose brain function would trump the list of importance but we need to be careful how we proceed.

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