{"id":2777,"date":"2024-06-17T18:53:56","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T18:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/?page_id=2777"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:14:59","slug":"minddrive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/curiosities-and-oddities\/minddrive\/","title":{"rendered":"MindDrive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Top:<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

MindDrive, a creation of The Other 90% Technologies Inc, was advertised to be a finger attachment that would allow its user to control their computer with their mind. In reality, this device worked by sensing changes in electrical charges your finger naturally produces through a metal plate located on the bottom of the finger attachment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Users of the MindDrive would often say that this device can be quite inaccurate or unresponsive most of the time. When it did work, the user would say it truly felt like they were controlling the game with their mind. However, one disgruntled article published in the New York Times<\/a> suggested that “the game cheats in your favor […] the software keeps you more or less on course.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

One curious note about this particular artifact, however, is the other stuff included in the box. Within the box for the MindDrive itself, there is a pamphlet and some blank postcards for an organization called The NeuroPsi<\/em>ence Laboratory. Though the webpage does not currently exist, archives<\/a> of the organization’s site say that they were dedicated to the study of psychic abilities.

Inside the MindSkier game’s box, there appear to be workout discs and pamphlets used as a part of the NeuroPsi<\/em>ence Laboratory’s research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2190 Back to “Other Curiosities”<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n

“Possible initial projects include […] effects of practice, mood, and\/or music on performance using ShapeChanger software”<\/p>\nThe NeuroPsi<\/em>ence Laboratory’s website, 2004<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MindDrive, a creation of The Other 90% Technologies Inc, was advertised to be a finger attachment that would allow its user to control their computer with their mind. In reality,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2782,"parent":870,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2777"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4222,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2777\/revisions\/4222"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/garrett\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}