http://www.businessinsider.com/million-dollar-idea-mind-lamp-that-turns-into-the-color-youre-thinking-about-2010-10

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"The Idea: The Mind Lamp is a $189 electric lamp with a random-event generator (REG) built in. When plugged in, the lamp gives off a white light before cycling through eight other colors. It then stays on the one that you're thinking about. How does this mind-matter interaction occur? Scientists aren't sure, but they claim that products that use REG behave "very differently" when subjected to human consciousness. The inventors attempt to explain the phenomenon: "The REG uses a quantum phenomenon called electron tunneling, which is measured as a randomly fluctuating current across a potential barrier in an electric circuit. Surprisingly, and in a way that violates conventional theories in science, the PEAR researchers found statistically significant correlations between the output of the device and human intention in a variety of well-controlled experiments. The mechanism by which this occurs is unknown, and is the subject of ongoing research.""

10/20/2010 12:19:09 PM

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"DAT VOODOO DAT YOU DO"

10/20/2010 12:21:49 PM

10/20/2010 12:22:14 PM

189 bucks for that shit? I'm sure Ikea would have these for sale for 18.9 in a month.

You know the saying, there's a sucker born every minute.

10/20/2010 12:22:37 PM

When I had my Sega Genesis and Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition, I swore up and down that the character's after-the-fight animations would behave according to whatever I said. If I wanted Guile to smugly comb his hair, then he would. If I wanted Blanca to beat the ground like an ape, then he would. Then again each character really only had two or three possible animations, so odds were pretty good.

10/20/2010 12:23:40 PM

so scientists built something to perform a function, but aren't sure how they got it to perform that function

10/20/2010 12:23:47 PM

I clicked expecting to see the Kegway.

10/20/2010 12:23:51 PM

10/20/2010 12:25:52 PM

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"I clicked expecting to see the Kegway."

how you gonna keep it cool? Better design a cooler around it.

10/20/2010 12:28:52 PM

was expectign something more along the lines of a doubledong

10/20/2010 12:30:07 PM

off topic, how can anyone imagine that wearing white and black makeup on their face would help with their thuggish appearance?

10/20/2010 12:33:43 PM

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"how can anyone imagine that wearing white and black makeup on their face would help with their thuggish appearance"

10/20/2010 12:35:19 PM

Apparently, they are both insane and clowns.

10/20/2010 12:48:44 PM

What happens when you get like two or three people to think a different color "toward" the thing.

10/20/2010 12:59:31 PM

rainbow and it starts calling you all gay...

10/20/2010 1:04:32 PM

10/20/2010 1:08:39 PM

qntmfred, I'll sell you mine for $150

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/clt/1999414168.html

10/20/2010 1:34:21 PM

i'd totally buy a mind lamp for $20

10/20/2010 1:35:58 PM

Interference

10/20/2010 1:43:05 PM

neat

10/20/2010 3:13:48 PM

It's more likely that it works by selective memory. you have stronger memories of when you successfully "controlled" the lamp

PS

10/20/2010 3:16:43 PM

10/20/2010 3:31:17 PM

10/21/2010 9:11:18 AM

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"The REG uses a quantum phenomenon called electron tunneling"

Ah HA! The real reason qfred wants to buy this.

10/21/2010 4:59:34 PM

^^Just don't mix that up with this

10/21/2010 5:03:42 PM

http://blastr.com/2010/10/scientists-find-first-real-evidence-you-can-see-the-future.php

10/21/2010 5:43:13 PM

add this to the list

http://www.eye.fi/

11/1/2010 4:59:41 PM

eye-fi's are actually worthless, just a gimmic that really is going to make you more frustrated than it solves any problems. Slow data rate, low range, and just a really expensive and slow memory card. If you just transferring small jpegs from like 40 ft away, it's ok.

* Only works with associated access points which have no additional 'login' layer (ie. only home / office access points, not public access points) and this can only be carried out with the Eye-Fi Manager software running on a computer
* Requires a good WiFi signal to work properly, has less range than typical WiFi devices
* Uploads each and every image taken, no ability to select which images are uploaded
* Uploads full size images to web galleries (it would have made more sense for the Eye-Fi Manager to provide the option to resize incoming)
* For single images, demos and entertaining transmission times are acceptable, however if you came home with a card full of images (2 GB) it would take three hours to download all images (if the camera battery could last that long)
* Requires that the camera does not power off otherwise obviously transmission is interrupted
* Unknown additional impact on camera battery life
* Performance is made to look pretty poor in comparison to most cheap USB 2.0 card readers which can manage ~10 MB/sec (some fifty times faster than the Eye-Fi card)

11/1/2010 5:35:03 PM

yeah, i actually just read about those yesterday when i bought a new camera. cool technology for when it matures.

11/1/2010 5:42:56 PM

thx JBaz. that is indeed a disappointing review, but i know you know what's up

i hope my mind lamp works a little better

11/1/2010 6:14:59 PM

have you gotten the lamp yet???

inquiring minds need to know.

11/1/2010 6:59:52 PM

Nah I'm not really getting it

I lie on the internet a lot so pretty much don't believe anything I say

11/1/2010 7:01:30 PM

^ are you really EMCE?

11/1/2010 7:04:10 PM

He's trying to drop clues for what Punchmonk should buy him for Christmas

11/1/2010 7:11:54 PM

Are digital cameras too confusing for you.

pls embed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvu2QPQLlYA&feature=player_embedded

11/1/2010 8:27:19 PM

http://www.whiteyboard.com/

stick on whiteboard? beats the hell out of the custom 4' x 4' i tried to make this past spring



since i gotta take it down soon to make room for new baby furniture, i think i'll try this whiteyboard, though officially i'm a little offended by the name of the product

11/23/2010 3:23:41 PM

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"JBaz All American 12649 Posts user info edit post eye-fi's are actually worthless, just a gimmic that really is going to make you more frustrated than it solves any problems. Slow data rate, low range, and just a really expensive and slow memory card. If you just transferring small jpegs from like 40 ft away, it's ok. * Only works with associated access points which have no additional 'login' layer (ie. only home / office access points, not public access points) and this can only be carried out with the Eye-Fi Manager software running on a computer * Requires a good WiFi signal to work properly, has less range than typical WiFi devices * Uploads each and every image taken, no ability to select which images are uploaded * Uploads full size images to web galleries (it would have made more sense for the Eye-Fi Manager to provide the option to resize incoming) * For single images, demos and entertaining transmission times are acceptable, however if you came home with a card full of images (2 GB) it would take three hours to download all images (if the camera battery could last that long) * Requires that the camera does not power off otherwise obviously transmission is interrupted * Unknown additional impact on camera battery life * Performance is made to look pretty poor in comparison to most cheap USB 2.0 card readers which can manage ~10 MB/sec (some fifty times faster than the Eye-Fi card)"

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"640K of memory should be enough for anybody"

11/23/2010 3:30:08 PM

next up, need to get a programmable LED display to put in my car's rear windshield so i can write comical and/or insulting remarks to nearby drivers

11/28/2010 10:50:21 PM

^ You're just trying to make it in my Bad Driver's thread, aren't you?

11/28/2010 10:52:36 PM

do or do not, son

11/28/2010 10:54:34 PM

I used an eyefi at a photoshoot, it wasn't terrible. It is indeed very, very slow and works in like a 15 foot radius.

But for our setup we had a computer in back (behind the backdrop) doing editing/correcting/printing while the photog was out front. This was a "drop-in" social. So we were shooting for 4 hours or something and people could pick up prints before they left.

Sending the 15MB pictures from a DSLR was definitely slow, but with about a 30 minute head start you can keep the editor pretty busy.

Now for a personal camera? You'll want to be somewhere where it can direct upload, and you'll want like 5MP JPEGS so it can keep up. Perfect for the teen crowd at prom or something. Not really ready for high-res work.

11/28/2010 11:03:29 PM