[PLUG-TALK] Light Goggles

Mike Witt Mike at Num9.com
Sat Nov 12 15:23:05 UTC 2005


On 11/11/2005 06:41:12 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> I have a unit (I've forgotten the name) that's self-contained, but has 
> the ability to accept new programs from a PC interface. I don't remember 
> whether it's USB or not, but the software involved runs on Windows only. 
> I'm guessing it will run with Wine.

Any chance you'd be willing to tell me any more about these?
I'll take the dialoge off-list if you like.

> That said, I don't know of any legitimate medical studies showing any 
> benefits from these "gizmos" that can't be obtained from "classical" 
> meditation or hypnosis. Moreover, being mechanical devices, they lack 
> the human touch that a hypnotherapist/NLP/Neuro-Semantics practitioner 
> or meditation/Yoga class would have. To top it all of, there are 
> neurological risks associated with flashing lights and sound pulses, 
> especially if you are epileptic or may be epileptic and don't know it. 
> And these "gizmos" are expensive.
> 
> So ... email me off-list for referrals to local hypnotherapists. 

I'm not expecting any of the "benefits" above, and not looking for a
hypnotherapist. This is more of a computer project :-)

> I'm 
> trained as one, but I don't practice. Save your "toy money" for DVD 
> players, Wi-Fi gear, regular musical instruments, technical books, 
> gasoline, a decent night out with a loved one, a nice rock 
> garden/fountain, etc.
> 
> Mike Witt wrote:
> 
> >You know those "light goggles" that people use to attempt to
> >"entrain" their brain waves (produce more alpha waves, and so on?)
> >
> >So, I was curious if anyone has seen a set of these goggles that
> >can be plugged into a PC (USB port for example) and controlled
> >from there?
> >
> >I don't really know anything about these gizmos, but a naive web
> >search didn't turn up anything that appeared to be a USB interface,
> >or anything else that I recognized as being PC controllable.
> >
> >-Mike
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