A group of hackers from Kentucky have modified a Star Wars Force Trainer toy to allow users to blow up a watermelon. Using only their mind.
Members of the Louisville, Ky.-based hacker group LVL1 modified the toy to be able to trigger any event of their choosing once the headgear detects adequate brain activity. In their first project, called Mind over Melons, the device is connected to an air compressor, and then a watermelon is shoved on top.
With enough concentration, the compressor blows up a watermelon in a spectacular display of the mind. The Mind over Melons project was shown at Connect, a technology and art event in Bernheim Forest in Kentucky, in August.
