Brainwave reading robotic cat ears, from Japan of course
..The Asian Tube TV Online Videos Blog is featuring a videos of the new “Necomimi” that converts your brainwaves “communicative” movements on a kitty ear headband that you wear. The maker ”neurowear” describes the ears as a, ” fashion items using brain waves and other biosensor with “Augumented Human Body” [sic].
..Personally, I would prefer just duct-taping my cat to my head, especially since an origin of the “Necomimi” was as a crappy trade item in Maplestory multiplayer online role-playing game— a magic hat, meh.
(Wiki)
UPDATE:
Also check out the previous 3Yen posts on the Japanese love of kitty crap…
. . . —Cash register goes ‘MEOW’! (3Yen / 2011-02-28 )
. . . —Japanese “maids” (3Yen / 2008-10-09)
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May 6th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
If you look at the earlier video at http://youtu.be/XznibGFPGHk , the “Necomimi” has a ginormous servo-motor & battery as well as several bulky headbands that the video you linked to has cleverly hidden.
May 6th, 2011 at 3:51 pm
Yes the first promotional video looked almost fake to me. However, the second video you refer to (below) shows a very un-svelte device.
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May 7th, 2011 at 2:42 am
It seems like a new kind of functional cosplay.
May 29th, 2011 at 12:57 am
I would love these but in black! It’s sooo cool!
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:24 am
UPDATE from BoingBong.net/2012/02/21/
HOWTO make animatronic cat-ears
March 6th, 2012 at 10:12 pm
Hahaha, I’ve definitely seen stranger animals than that. Much much stranger.
September 26th, 2012 at 2:03 am
Here’s a new prototype “Shippo” (’tail’ in Japanese) from the same company, neurowear, that brought you the Necomimi.
The Shippo is a brain-wave controlled tail that moves with your mood.
Relaxed mood– Moving Soft-n-Slow
Concentrated [sic] mood–Moving Hard-n-Fast
December 15th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Update:
The above prototype “Shippo” is now called ‘Tailly’! Their international product naming is clueless, but the marketing this to Furries is spot on.
More info at…