James PlafkeNov. 24, 2012 12:30 pmPuzzlebox Orbit is a toy helicopter you control with your brain

If you have ever taken one of those classes in college that aims to, for example, teach you “physics as related to popular movies,” then you’ve already experienced what “fun education” is supposed to be like. Now, with a Kickstarter campaign that already reached its funding goal, educational company Puzzlebox aims to give everyone the chance to own a toy helicopter you control with your brain, and learn something along the way.

Rather than teaching you how Spider-Man should actually be able to swing around New York like in that college course, Puzzlebox includes educational hardware and software guides with each helicopter. Dubbed the Puzzlebox Orbit, the goal of the toy is to not only make you feel like you have telekinetic powers, but to learn something about building and customizing your own hardware and software.

Puzzlebox aims to release lessons on how brain-controlled devices actually work, as well as how infrared signals can pilot the helicopter. With the Puzzlebox Orbit, Puzzlebox is testing their hypothesis that this kind of product can not only be a successful educational tool, but be commercially viable. Now that the project has hit its goal, Puzzlebox will freely release and distribute all of the material related to the Orbit, such as hardware schematics and source code.

The Orbit is a toy helicopter encased in a protective orb, in order to prevent the toy’s blades from bumping into objects it might fly into. Puzzlebox notes that while RC helicopters have a reputation for being fragile, their Orbit has survived multiple falls and crashes throughout the testing process.

Puzzlebox is offering two models of brain-controlled helicopter — one that can be controlled with smartphones and tablets, and one self-contained unit that comes with the pyramid stand pictured above. The units are controlled via a?NeuroSky MindWave Mobile EEG headset, but simply use a different base of communications — a mobile device or the pyramid. The Orbit receives infrared signals from either communications base, but the pyramid station is capable of sending out infrared signals that can be programmed to control other IR-based toys, or even a television.

Now, your brain can’t tell the helicopter to fly in complicated aerial patterns. However, different patterns — such as hovering, or flying across a room — ?can be set to specific mental states that are measured by the headset. Once the specific mental state is maintained, the signal is sent off to the helicopter, and the Orbit flies in the appropriate pattern.

Though the project has already met its minimum funding goal of $10,000, there are still 16 days left to back the project, and some neat rewards for doing so. A small pledge of $10 will get your name added to a list of sponsors included on the website and within the software, whereas a pledge of $149 will net you an Orbit system along with NeuroSky headset.

If you want to back the project, or are simply interested in learning more, head on over to the Kickstarter page before the funding phase is over in a couple weeks.

Puzzlebox Orbit脑波控制飞行器

杰姆斯plafkenov。24、2012分pmpuzzlebox轨道玩具直升机和你brain

如果你曾经作为一类大学，旨在，例如控制你，教你# 8220；物理学作为热门的电影有关，与# 8221；然后你# 8217；我已经经历了什么# 8220；娱乐教育# 8221；应该是这样。现在，一个Kickstarter的运动，已达到其融资目标，教育公司拼图的目的是给大家一个机会，给自己一个玩具直升机，用你的大脑控制你，并学习很多东西。

而不是教你如何蜘蛛侠实际上应该能够在大学课程纽约喜欢摇摆，拼图包括教育硬件和软件，每架直升机引导。被称为拼图轨道，这个玩具的目的不仅是为了让你觉得你有心灵感应能力，但学习一些关于建筑和定制自己的硬件和软件。

拼图旨在释放如何大脑控制设备的实际工作，以及红外信号直升机飞行员。与拼图轨道，拼图是他们的假设，这类产品不仅能成为一个成功的教育工具的测试，但在商业上是可行的。现在，该项目已达到其目标，将自由拼图和发布的所有材料的轨道有关，如硬件原理图和程序源代码。

轨道玩具直升机套装在一个保护性的球体，为了防止玩具# 8217；叶片撞到的物体可能飞入。拼图指出，RC直升机有一个易碎的声誉，他们的轨道经历许多瀑布和崩溃，整个测试过程。

拼图提供两种脑控直升机和# 8212；一个可以与智能手机和平板电脑的控制，和一个独立的单元，配备金字塔站上面。单位通过一个控制？Neurosky MindWave Mobile EEG耳机，只是使用了不同的通信# 8212基地；移动设备或金字塔。轨道从通信基站接收红外信号，但金字塔站可以发送红外信号，可以通过编程来控制其他基于IR的玩具，甚至一台电视。

现在，你的大脑可以与# 8217；T让直升机飞在空中模式复杂。然而，不同的模式和# 8212；如盘旋，或飞在房间和# 8212；？可以设置为特定的精神状态，用耳机测量。一旦特定的精神状态保持，信号被发送到直升机，和轨道飞行在适当的模式，虽然该项目已经达到了10000美元的最低资助目标，还有16天留下来的项目，并有一些整洁的奖励，这样做。一个小的承诺10美元会得到你的名字添加到列表的赞助商包括在网站内的软件，而149美元的承诺将净你随着NeuroSky头套的轨道系统。

如果你想回来的项目，或是更简单的学习兴趣，头部到Kickstarter的页面在筹资阶段结束在几个星期。