ReEnabled has consistently touted the computer gaming world as the birthplace of technologies which will drastically change the landscape of existence for the profoundly disabled. Yet more credence is given to this idea with the latest release of a mind-controlled computer game, using fairly commonly available parts and software.

Scientists at the Keio University in Japan used a commercially available EEG headband to allow a human to control a character walking around the Second Life virtual world, all through raw brain power. Obviously this technology has tremendous potential for disabled individuals, and may also become a new type of joystick for controlling machinery and video games of the future.

Dean Kamen is a legend in many industries, but perhaps not many know that much of his inspiration has come from a personal desire to help the physically challenged. Today, word comes from Wired about his latest invention, a mind-controlled robotic prosthetic arm. Check it out.