BeAMindBlower.com - Use Air Flow To Control Devices

When I sit back and think how movies like “Firefox” seemed to deal with issues that were anything but tangible, I can but be amazed. That particular movie dealt with a fighter plane which could be piloted using your mind. The way everything is heading, that might not be so implausible anymore. We still have some way to go, of course. But when I come across services such as this one, I have to ask myself how far are we at all.

I say so because a company named Zyxio has just devised a sensor which lets you control anything by blowing. It is as easy and fascinating as that. And they have created this site in order to leverage collective wisdom and imagination. You see, here you will have the chance to take part of a competition in which you will be asked to: A) Come up with your own ideas and uses for such a sensor, and B) Judge the ideas of others. The big prizes for judges include smartphones and netbooks, and runner-ups will walk home with t-shirts. And those who compete instead of judging can win a position on the advisory board of the company.

This is a clever move indeed – not only are they raising awareness about a system of its own, but they are actually spicing up the interest of the online community. In the end, the feeling of moving forwards with technology is never the same as propelling technology forwards ourselves. And that is the true value of a site like this one.

“Imagine this: you’re blowing imaginary soap bubbles, smoothly … Now there’s a twist: it’s not your yoga class, and instead of bubbles, you’re moving virtual digital objects. In other words, you’re scrolling, zooming, panning, moving, setting volume levels, skipping tracks… and so on.

This is today made possible thanks to a beautifully intuitive and intelligent sensor developed by Zyxio be embedded in a million things, from the boom of your gaming headset to the collar of your snowboard jacket, as well as Bluetooth® accessories and more.”

Asking people for their insight is not only fulfilling from the point of view of creativity, but it also creates bonds with punters directly.

When is the competition ending?