kawii this would be good for a neko maid cosplay

@Allamorph:

Ah, I see. Well, it seems to have paid off, though I was surprised that there were more "down-ear" motions toward the front of the video... maybe they were camera shy or something? :/

it was about time! haha! totally wanna try em on.

@CelestialSushi:

I imagine the core issue was one of matching wave strength to temperament. I mean, Brainball only senses the strength of the brain's activity to create the appropriate force to propel the ball away. Since a cat's ears closely reflect its mood—the obvious up-for-happy and down-for-sad, along with several other positions based on mood and interest level—in order to make decently convincing ears you'd have to do several studies on which brain patterns match what mood, or what happens when a person's attention is suddenly arrested, and so on.

Just gotta say the kid at 3:44 looks adorable...

i so want a pair!!!

Wow, I can't believe it! I gotta get one of those!! ^o^

The third or fourth one -- the older guy -- was having a lot of fun. ^^

:O i want one!!!!!!

Did you see that one guy's eyebrows near the beginning of the video (the older guy with the sunglasses starting at 1:18)? XDD

But yeah, considering that brainwave-reading technology has been around for a bit, it's a little surprising that we're seeing this now. Then again, it also depends on when someone thought, "hey, why not make kitty ears with this technology?" I'd also have to wonder what made them put the two ideas together.

If they could somehow perfect the brain-wave readers and get Volks-like dolls made with microrobotics to work in conjunction with that, we'd have real life Angelic Layer :D But that's probably years away as it is.

Interesting. I've always wondered what brain wave technology was up to ever since I read the story about Dream TVs on theO. It's a small step but a step nonetheless.

Do want. And true, it took them forever to get these made. Too long, Japan, too long.

This is soooo cool i wish i had some

The real question is not if those cat ears sense brain waves or not.

It is where I can buy some. ;D

They kind of look like Inuyasha ears. Funny!

Kinda freaky, but still cool as far as them moving on their own. I don't know if I can believe the whole brain wave thing. Like Sunhollow said, it looks like it's just doing random movements. Also, they look a little too big in proportion to the person's head. =/

Interesting concept, but the "sensing brainwaves" is a hard sell for me. Also, the ears themselves are not all that attractive.