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medgadget.com - 27 days ago

Brainwave Sofa Is Exactly What You Were Thinking

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Ever wondered what a piece of furniture formed from raw data extracted from your brain would look like? But of course you have, and so did Lucas Maassen and Dries Verbruggen, the designers of the Brainwave Sofa. Mr. Verbruggen had his brain activity measured while he closed his eyes for 3 ...

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yatzer.com - 28 days ago

Brainwave sofa by Unfold & Lucas Maassen

— yatzer.com — Image Courtesy of Unfold & Lucas Maassen Brainwave sofa by Unfold & Lucas Maassen text by the... designers The design of the Brainwave Sofa is driven by a brain scan . Brain wave activities are being recorded by an electroencephalograph by placing ... (more) Brainwave sofa by Unfold & Lucas Maassen

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boingboing.net - 10/30/2009

Brainwave toys are back

— boingboing.net — Weird headsets that read people's minds? It sounds like dystopian science fiction, but these gadgets (helped by... a little old-fashioned muscle measurement ) are set to be the holiday season's hot toys. The promised future, of mind games that lapse into punishing tension headaches, is finally ... (more) Brainwave toys are back

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feeds.boingboing.net - 28 days ago

Sofa modelled on brainwaves

— feeds.boingboing.net — The Brainwave Sofa is a sofa modelled on your very own brainwaves. Stop thinking spiky thoughts. Try... to think, you know, cushy . Soft. Inviting. That's it. Right there. Hold it now. Print! Dutch industrial designer Lucas Maassen, co-designer of the Brainwave Sofa with Belgian designer ... (more) Sofa modelled on brainwaves

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Gizmodo:  Brainwave Sofa Turns Your Brilliance Into Butt Cushions [Design]

GEARFUSE:  Brainwave Sofa Carved Straight From Your Thoughts

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Designers estão cada vez mais engraçadinhos - Um sofá que tem o formato das suas ondas cerebrais: http://bit.ly/48iDxr 28 days ago

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Brainwave Sofa Turns Your Brilliance Into Butt Cushions [Design]
Gizmodo — ... EEG, software converts the brainwave readings into a 3D map. This map is fed into a CNC machine that carves the product itself out of foam. Done and done. As of now, the work leans toward proof-of-concept art. But it's not hard to imagine walking into IKEA, thinking happy thoughts about homemade cookies and walking out with a kitchen table that, while not so practical, is inherently chock full of emotional warmth and caloric euphoria. [yatzer and unfold via medgadget] ...

Brainwave Sofa Carved Straight From Your Thoughts
GEARFUSE — ... data and creates a piece of furniture based on your very thoughts. The extracted EEG data was used to create a 3D landscape with the x-axis representing the frequency of brainwave activity in hertz, the y-axis is the percentage of activity, and the z- axis is time. The sofa was then created in its physical form by a five axis computer numerical controlled machine, which creates a three dimensional object out of foam. Link [via] ...