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Japanese Neurowear And The Uncanny Valley - Cat Ears For Girls

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
May 5, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 11:45
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Neurowear of Japan have created “necomimi” (neco and mimi being the words for cat and ear)  which takes brain signals and, they say, turns them into visible actions in the form of wiggling cat ears.

Really, do I need to write anything else?   They say it has practical applications, like allowing mentally disabled people to show their feelings, but we all know it is really just a way for Japanese gearheads to make every female in Japan look 13.

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