The NIA is awesome.

I decided to stop doing pretentious made up philosophy and focus on a real, palpable subject. The NEURAL IMPULSE ACTUATOR, by OCZ. OH MY FUCKING backslash/!111!11!

Just listen to that title. NEURAL IMPULSE ACTUATOR!!! Allow me to add a "fucking" in there. NEURAL FUCKING IMPULSE ACTUATOR. I am now going to post the description of the object. Are you ready? I'm writing pasting it now. Here it comes...

OCZ’s Neural Impulse Actuator (nia) marks a new era in gaming. Rather than being a substitute for a mouse, the nia is a pioneering new peripheral to be used in conjunction with your mouse for a more immersive gaming experience. The nia is compatible with any PC game using keyboard input… past, present, or future. Predefined profiles included with the software allow the gamer to develop their own nia—memory to launch the desired behavior of their character and shoot with the “blink of an eye”, without lifting a finger.

Play Games Using Biosignals
Translate electrical biosignals of your body directly into computer commands and take advantage of total immersion into game play. Customize behavioral profiles of your character and let your subconsciousness take over.

Hone Your Reflexes
Where others have to practice reaction times, you can use reflex-based game play to get the better of your opponents by cutting your reaction time by 50%.

Use Space-Age Technology
The headband uses carbon nanofiber-based sensors to provide the highest possible dynamic range for the recording of bioelectrical signals that are amplified and digitized and further de-convoluted into computer commands.

Become Your Character
Streaming biopotentials into the computer and witnessing real-time feedback through the game will result in a novel way to experience virtual reality. Enter a virtual world where abstractions like keyboard commands are replaced by intentions converted into tensions and translated into command structures.


















OH MY FUCKING FSM. Holy crap it's a mind reading device OMG!1~ OMG! And it allows you to play video games with your mind! Like... FOR REAL.

Notice I am typing occasionally in ALL CAPS. That's how awesome this is.

Kidding. It's not that awesome. Actually, from what I've seen and read, it's quite imprecise. But seriously. It's a NEURAL IMPULSE ACTUATOR THING.

It would probably be too imprecise for proper gaming, but I am planning to adapt it into a MIDI controller, perhaps to control my pitch and mod wheels or other parameters while composing and programming MIDI. And soooooooo cheap. $149.99.

Must buy, must buy. Must use NIA to dominate world.