The Force Trainer is a ''
Star Wars
''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...
''-themed toy which creates the illusion of performing
Force
In physics, a force is an influence that can cause an Physical object, object to change its velocity unless counterbalanced by other forces. In mechanics, force makes ideas like 'pushing' or 'pulling' mathematically precise. Because the Magnitu ...
-powered
telekinesis.
The
brain–computer interface
A brain–computer interface (BCI), sometimes called a brain–machine interface (BMI), is a direct communication link between the brain's electrical activity and an external device, most commonly a computer or robotic limb. BCIs are often dire ...
toy, released was
Uncle Milton Industries' Star Wars Science line in 2009, comes with a headset that claims to sense the brain's electric fields (similar to an
EEG) and relays the signals to a tube that uses a fan to blow a ball into the air. The harder the user concentrates, the harder the fan blows, and the higher the ball is suspended. The voice of
Yoda instructs the user on developing their skills.
In a 2010 episode of the
College Humor series ''Bleep Bloop'', the hosts Jeff Rubin and Pat Cassels tested out the toy, even having a co-worker, Brian Murphy, play
Brain Age, a video game advertised as making you use your brain more, while he had the Force Trainer headset on.
One user of the toy argues that the brainwave effect of the Force Trainer II is fake; if the electrodes are connected directly to each other instead of being worn by the player, the game will proceed to play itself and pass all of the training exercises without any user input.
See also
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Comparison of consumer brain–computer interface devices
References
External links
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Mysterious "Force Trainer" Toy Explained via Archive.org, June 10, 2015
USA Today, January 7, 2009
Brain–computer interface
Star Wars merchandise
2000s toys
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