Leviation Toy

There are so many toys that have come and gone over the decades. However, has anyone heard of a levitation toy? This type of toy actually uses your brain waves to control a ball. The levitation toy is coming out this year. Mattel will be selling the “Mind Flex” and Uncle Milton will be selling “The Force Trainer” levitation toy (Levitation Toys Really Test Brain Power, 2009).

Can you believe these toys use the power of your brain waves? There are no blinking lights or illusions to make the ball seem to float in air. The toy has a wireless headset, a fan and a ball that doesn’t weigh much (Levitation Toys Really Test Brain Power, 2009). It seems out of this world, to even consider that such a toy can exist.

Both of these toys work by using a customized form of electroencephalography or EEG. EEG is a type of technology that is used to measure the electrical signals that are being thrown out of the brain (Levitation Toys Really Test Brain Power, 2009). It is amazing how advanced technology is today, isn’t it? A decade ago, people probably never thought that we would have a mind-controlling toy such as these levitation toys.

The signals that come out of the brain are applied to algorithms. Researchers who have studied various attention states in people designed these algorithms. The toys works, because when people have the right focus, the brain gives out the signals and these signals trigger a fan. The fan blows harder if the person concentrates harder and the more the person concentrates the more the ball will rise in the air (Levitation Toys Really Test Brain Power, 2009).

It is hard to explain in words how excited I am about these new toys. These toys are not just for kids, but for adults, also. A person commented about these toys and said, “We are getting closer to figuring out telekinesis”. This made me remember watching the “Return to Witch Mountain” as a kid. I use to think we won’t ever be able to use our mind to move things around. It seems that Mattel and Uncle Milton have proven me wrong. What does everyone else think about these levitation toys?

Reference
Levitation Toys Really Test Brain Power. (2009). NPR. Retrieved April 8, 2009, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102472655