Is Mattel’s Mindflex Game A Complete Scam? (video)

Gaming Videos — 08 March 2010

I can neither deny or confirm the validity of this video, but according to SPIEGEL TV the Mindflex toy, which we saw and played with a few years ago at CES, is a total scam. After testing the device themselves, which requires a human to generate brain waves in order for it to function, they strapped the Mindflex headset onto a dummy. The result? The ball still floats with the same, if not similar variable altitude as a human being wearing the headset.

The Mindflex from Mattel toys, promised a brand new gaming experience. The more the gamer concentrates the greater the increase in brain acivity. As a result the wearer of the headset is rewarded with the ability to control the fan (this effects how high the ball floats) and thus complete the game’s objective; loop the ball through the hole.

So is it a scam or a fluke? Perhaps Mattel added this affect to make the game more challenging. It’s also worth noting that the video seems to be a bit incomplete, but since I don’t speak German I’m having a hard time following it.

[Thanks, soulmate702000]

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Christen Costa

Grew up back East, got sick of the cold and headed West. Since I was small I have been pushing buttons - both electronic and human. With an insatiable need for tech I thought "why not start a blog focusing on technology, and use my dislikes and likes to post on gadgets."

Greysonlab

well how come it had a moist towl on it
Greysonlab

well how come it had a moist towl on it
Max

I have the newer version of this and my son and I hooked up butter knives and watched them do battle. In fact my butter knife kicked my son’s butt over and over even when he tried to use his butter knife in his headband. That is what made me do this Google search. This is a complete scam. The headband just works as a switch and you close the circuit, everything else is preprogrammed theatrics.

The wet towel is required to close the circuit.