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Overclock (or damage) your brain for the love of the game

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The age of the cyborgs is upon us. In almost every walk of life there exist implants or wearable gadgets that either aid or enhance the human experience. The binoculars of tomorrow will be in your contact lenses. Headphones will be implanted in your ears. And now there’s a company working on enhancing your competitive edge when it comes to gaming.

Foc.us has developed a headset it claims will “overclock your brain,” making you think and react faster than the competition. To do this, the headset will fire electricity into your frontal lobe. Because nothing says “pay attention” like a swift jolt to the ol’ noggin. Even Foc.us’ tag line “Faster Processor, Faster Graphics, Faster Brain!” almost makes sense in the era of real life cyborgs — almost.
via DVICE

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