Mindflex?

[Liberty Belle]

Do any of you have this game? My son is asking for it for Christmas and I was wondering if it actually works?

http://mindflexgames.com/ for those wondering what it is.

 

[yuffie]

Yeah, I'm a bit disbelieving too, but both your website and a quick google search (telegraph, the UK online newspaper) both explain how it works:

The Mind Flex comes with a brain-scanning headset which measures brainwaves and turns them into energy.

The aim of the game is to concentrate hard enough to generate enough energy to power a fan which in turn causes a ball to levitate and move through a series of hoops.

So, it's not magically moving the ball & it's ONLY the ball that you can concentrate to levitate, so I believe it now, sorta. I don't get how it can turn brainwaves into energy, but the official website says it uses EEG technology, so it's already over my head ^_^;

Now what I don't get is, I understand the energy makes it rise, but how can you concentrate to make it lower & move around? I guess it works though, I've not heard anywhere that it's a scam.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Apparently, you can't make it move sideways or around, only up and down. You have to manually move that obstacle course stuff.

 

[The Orchid]

Here's some amazon reviews. At least one guy explains how it works. It appears to have great value for kids, but not so much for adults who figure out the trick pretty quickly.