In 1972, a game by the name of Pong changed the world forever, revolutionizing the way we perceived games, computers and technology in general. It represented the start of the videogame industry. Earlier this year, I saw a game that had the possibility to do that, and perhaps more, once again: the Mattel Mindflex Mind Control game. It is now shown as available for pre-ordering on Amazon and will be shipping on October 1.

What is the Mattel Mindflex? Well, the Mindflex is a device that monitors your brainwave activity. The more you focus on a small foam ball, the higher it gets lifted into the air via an air stream that receives the sensor signal from the game's headband. You then use a knob to guide the ball through various obstacles. Seeing the game in action is pretty awesome, since it makes even the most untrained person look like a Jedi knight bending the Force to his whim.

This might not look like a lot (actually, it isn't) but the idea of using your brainwaves to control devices is very interesting and somewhat still brand new (in that I haven't seen a lot of technology based on the user's brainwave activity). Just imagine, if this thing catches on, we might soon see a boom in brainwave-based games, making manufacturers push their research departments to their limits and discover new ways to harness our mind's natural ability.

More and more brain-controlled things will be invented and regular toys will be made obsolete. In a few generations, humans with enhanced mental capabilities will be born, capable of telepathy and telekinesis (at a larger scale than some humans are said to be able today), a new religious order will be born, dubbed the Jedi Order, meant to fight the dark side of the force, a link shared by all mentally enhanced humans.

But the dark side would be strong and wars would ravage the universe for thousands of years. And to think it all started from a 99 USD Mattel Mindflex Mind Control game. Do you see my point now?


We are just a few, but there are many of you, Softpedia users, out there. That's why we thought it would be a good idea to create an email address for you to help us a little in finding gadgets we missed. Interesting links are bound to be posted with recognition going mainly to those who submit. The address is .