Reader [Eric] sent us a powerfully informative, yet super simple hack for the MindFlex toy. Don’t worry, it’s not another worthless shock ‘game’, And it’s using an actual interface instead of the ...

Mattel's sci-fi holiday toy makes balls float using the power of brainwaves. Crave straps itself in and gives Mindflex a whirl. Hello, mind control! I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now ...

Gamers have largely gotten a bad rep for being lazy, slothful people who spend their hours mindlessly pressing buttons. The Wii changed that a bit by getting kids (and their parents... and their ...

Mind control games like Mindflex are poised to be a big seller this holiday season, but is it really worth spending $80 on? It gives me a headache just thinking about ...

Mattel’s MindFlex Duel is the two-player version of the original MindFlex, and it scans your brainwaves to find out whose mind is stronger… sort of. At $99.99 list, it’s a unique board game that’s ...

Robert Schneider, singer/guitarist for The Apples in Stereo, made his Teletron by cracking open a Mattel Mindflex, a mind-control game that employs an EEG sensor to let players move a small ball ...

The author burnt out several synapses levitating the ball for this photo. Mattel wants to channel said waves into a franchise of games under the Mindflex banner, the first of which offers a "float the ...

Mattel's Mindflex toy is designed to show you the awesome power of your brain as you mentally guide a ball around a maze, but it's just as happy showing you the awesome pain electricity can present to ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on4wM4KBgUc&hl=en&fs=1] Now here’s something that will end up at the bottom of the toybox next Christmas. The Mindflex lets ...

[Paul] really wanted to know what his brain was thinking. No, really. He is aware of all the thoughts that come and go, but he wanted to know what was going on in his brain below his conscious thought ...

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