New technology lets mind move toy train 
From: MSNBC - 06/22/2007

Scientists set to develop brain-controlled TV remote 

Forget the clicker: A new technology in Japan could let you control
electronic devices without lifting a finger simply by reading brain activity. 

The "brain-machine interface" developed by Hitachi Inc. analyzes slight
changes in the brain's blood flow and translates brain motion into electric
signals. 

A cap connects by optical fibers to a mapping device, which links, in turn,
to a toy train set via a control computer and motor during one recent
demonstration at Hitachi's Advanced Research Laboratory in Hatoyama, just
outside Tokyo. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19368036/from/ET/

Links:

Hideaki Koizumi
http://www.hqrd.hitachi.co.jp/global/fellow_koizumi.cfm
http://www.hqrd.hitachi.co.jp/global/fellow_koi_bio.cfm
http://www.templeton.org/humble%5Fapproach%5Finitiative/Knowledge%5Fof%5Fthe%5FHuman%5FBeing/other-participants/koizumi.html

Hitachi: Makes Brain Activity 'Remote Control'
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/6/22/90314.shtml

Hitachi: Move the Train With Your Brain
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/24/financial/f124727D87.DTL
http://www.happynews.com/news/6222007/hitachi-move-train-brain.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3305001

Hitachi Develops New Brain-Scan Interface
http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/hitachi-develops-new-brain-scan-interface.html
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/4911485.html

Hitachi Introduces Mind Control Device
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/7zzVQS2ghhxBzw/Hitachi-Introduces-Mind-Control-Device.xhtml