Brainwave-reading headphones need no batteries


	Brainwave-reading headphones need no batteries

wildcat

4-19-2008 4:52 AM

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4-19-2008 10:42 AM

tanyamm

I think it would need a lot more than brain waves to power it. I mean, look at some of the people wandering around wearing headphones they look brain dead already. They have the volume cranked up so high their eyes are glazed and they're this far (-) from drooling.

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