I’ve always been amazed by technology that can turn our brainwaves into something tangible. I remember learning about a special brainwave-sensing headband that lets you control a computer mouse by thinking thoughts like “taco” or “hamburger” for the different mouse movements. There are also some brainwave dueling games, like Mindflex, where you have to out-concentrate your oppenent.

I just found out about these special headphones that choose music for you based on your brainwaves.

Neurowear’s “Mico” system has a forehead sensor that detects if you’re focused, drowsy, or stressed. The smartphone app then chooses music to fit your mood. Kind of gimmicky, maybe, but it’s a cool idea. Thanks to my cousin Matt for pointing this out.

I’m sure someone out there has done this already, but I think an even cooler idea would be to generate music based on brainwaves. Have you seen anything like that?