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The Night Vision Camcorder packs a 3 megapixel camera and night vision sensor into a small package that withstood the battery of tests my son and I put it through. From front sled-cam duties to closet Blair Witch sequels – this little toy packs lots of fun into a $40 package. Submit for your approval – this pretty spooky monster story told in a dark bedroom and captured with night vision magic.
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The Jedi Force Trainer takes the science kit to the next level with wireless brain monitoring and coaching from no other than Yoda himself. The wireless headset features dry EEG sensors that detect your alpha and beta brainwaves. Fluctuations in signals are then translated to a fan in a column. Depending on the degree and direction of your concentration, you are able to control the fan and movement of the ball. I am happy to report that I am at level 6, but Yoda and I have met an impasse. I keep feeling like I need to flee my training to find my friends in need of my help …
That Jedi mind trainer looks wicked! They have something similar at the Calgary Science Centre, a “soccer” game played by brain waves and EEG. My little daughter kicked my butt when we tried it last summer 😉
I want a “cave of doom,” those night vision goggles are wicked, and the jedi knight trainer is wild—does it really work. Are you using brain waves or stati electricity or what? I am blown away if we really have perfected telekinesis, or is it pyschokinesis, in the toy world and I’m just hearing about it now.
Looks liek an amazing Xmas in Casa Potter, and what more cna a little kid ask for? I still use those moments as a reason to go on.
Yeah, the dry EEG sensors detect brainwave states. The science behind the toy suggests that brainwaves are in given states during concentration and relaxation. The ‘jedi levels’ Yoda takes you through require a mixture of focus and relaxation that map to the location of the ball in the column. The fan in the column will speed up and slow down according to the brainwaves being relayed by the wireless headset. Pretty nifty – definitely works well and responds predictably according to relaxation techniques. My son found that deep breathing and closed eyes results in the ball hovering in level 1 of the chamber, doing mental math will allow him to hover the ball in the second level of the chamber, and imagining himself running fast through a field eventually resulted in the ball rising and remaining in the 3rd level of the chamber … pretty fun stuff. You rise through your Jedi training according to how precisely and quickly you can respond to Yoda’s instructions for changing the location of the ball in the chamber.
When 8 years old I was a Jedi Mind Trainer I did want.
How many galactic credits does that Jedi trainer go for? I’m all over it.
Santa dialed that gem in, but I did spy it on sale at Zellers for 80 galactic credits … you pay 40 now … and 40 more when you arrive in Alderran …