18 Feb 10 Control your Music with your eyes and these earphones

Show of hands, How many of you have ever wanted to control your phone or DAP with your eyes? Yeah, me neither, but don’t that tell that to Japanese communication giant NTT Docomo Their researchers have created a pair of earphones that are allow you to control your music through specific eye movements. Headphones recording eye movements? That might sound like some futuristic concept, but it actually uses a common medical technique called electrooculography. In simple terms, the process measures the electrical impulses released by your eyes when they move in certain directions, and sends this signal to a pair of electrodes placed on your skin. In this case, the earphones happen to have small electrodes built into them.

Below you’ll find a video demonstration of how it works. The eye movements used for navigation are pretty simple. For instance, if you want to press play move your eyes from right to left, or if you want to increase the volume you move your eyes clockwise.

The earphones are no doubt an intuitive way of using scientific technique, but is it really practical for consumer use? Since our eyes are constantly moving. I can’t imagine it would be. I think I’ll just skip this one, and wait for the brain implant instead.

via MP4Nation