Re: [buildcheapeeg] Re: Hardware status (cheapeeg)

From: Moritz v. Buttlar (info_at_baltic-microsolutions.de)
Date: 2001-04-02 12:30:47


Am Mon, 02 Apr 2001 schrieben Sie:
> Eric & Company--A couple of thoughts:
> First, on the issue of safety--it may very well be possible for
> someone to come to harm with brainwave training. For example, Theta
> is reported by some to be a somewhat seizure-genic state, so a person
> (such as an epileptic) who increases his theta production may be
> putting himself at somewhat higher risk of seizures. Also, people
> with traumatic histories who do alpha-theta training may increase the
> likelihood of getting flashbacks or other highly unpleasant PTSD
> symptoms. These are very useful effects when they occur in therapy,
> but can be quite rough on someone who doesn't know what they are or
> why they are happening.

Anybody here who could write some legal disclaimer text ? I think if we put the
schematics in the net we should also include some kind of text just to make
sure.

> Second, on the IR versus optic isolation issue, I agree that IR
> may be a problem for some people, although I guess that there are
> ways of getting a desktop to work with an IR keyboard, etc. How
> expensive is an add-on like this? Anybody know?

There are IrDA Add-ons available. Most mainboards have an IrDA connector
on board. You just have to buy a little box with the sensor and a cable and
plug it into the mainboard. I think it costs 20-40$.

Moritz

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