BBC mind control TV

The BBC is always looking at ways of using technology to satisfy people’s increasing desire to get to the digital content that they want as quickly and easily as possible. Maybe you remember BBC’s project using voice-control with BBC iPlayer on Xbox One?

Mind control technology is even more advanced and could become the future of human interaction with technology. Although this is not an easy thing to realise. But can you imagine that you just have to think ‘put BBC One on’ when you want to watch TV? Or think about the latest news and BBC puts it on. Well I think it will not be that easy because the human brain and mind has mysterious ways. But the BBC is already testing the technology and remember people expect too much in one year when it comes to technology and not enough in 10 years.

BBC mind control test

The system works following: The system uses an electroencephalography (EEG) brainwave reading headset which has one small sensor that rests on a user’s forehead. These sensors measure activity in the brain. In the case of this BBC experimental app, the user can select two modes: ‘concentration’ or ‘meditation’. If the user selects ‘concentration’, the headset together with the app monitors the level of concentration. Once a certain threshold of concentration has been reached, a message is sent to the tablet to launch BBC iPlayer. The BBC iPlayer will then present five of the most popular programmes on at that point in time. Each of these programmes is highlighted for 10 seconds. When the programme is highlighted the viewer has 10 seconds to concentrate and then the program starts playing.

The system is still in it’s early stages but the fact that we see more companies working on these kind of interfaces could give us a glimpse of the near future of interaction between humans and technology.