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High-Tech Helmet Lets You Hear Your Own Thoughts, Sort Of

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:18 AM PST

The 'Experience Helmet' is a new, high-tech wearable device that allows people to hear electronic representations of their thoughts. It uses Electroencephalography (EEG) technology to translate brain activity into data. This basically means that the helmet can read your thoughts, convert it into sound, and play it back to you!

According to Aiste Noreikaite, who invented the helmet, it is meant to create an "audible reflection of one's personal experience of the present moment." Inspired by Buddhist meditation practices, the London-based artist said that she wanted to create a device to enhance self-awareness.

So she started with an ordinary bike helmet, took it apart, and installed an EEG wireless headset and headphones inside. Next, she researched ways to convert the data provided by the headset into sound. After much deliberation, she finally settled on pure electronic signals to represent brainwaves.

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Crazy Stuntman Loves Jumping over Speeding Cars and Motorcycles at the Last Possible Moment

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 02:04 AM PST

Fearless daredevil Al the Jumper really lives up to his name – he actually jumps over speeding cars and motorcycles that are headed straight towards him at high speeds, and to make the experience more thrilling, he only leaps when the vehicle is about to run him over.

The Swedish stuntman,whose real name is Ousseyni Issa Gobitaca, has leaped over a variety of vehicles, including a Lamborghini supercar traveling at 80mph! You've got to watch the clip for yourself to realize how close Al comes to death before eluding it at the last possible moment. He explained that it's all in the head – he prepares himself by picturing the moment and calculating everything in advance. "I see a picture of how everything will look before I leap and if I can do it in my head, I can do it in real life."

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Woman Tired of Dating Marries Herself in Elaborate Ceremony

Posted: 02 Feb 2015 01:09 AM PST

After dating for several years and failing to find the man of her dreams, a 40-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, decided to marry herself in an elaborate ceremony that involved friends and family.

Yasmin Eleby's wedding was quite similar to a traditional one, except the bride wore purple, there was no groom, and it was the bride’s mother, not her father who walked her down the aisle.  Since self-weddings aren't legally recognized in the U.S., the ceremony – conducted by three ministers – was described as a spiritual one. Yasmin made heartfelt vows to forgive, honor, and love… herself!

"I was overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support that was shown to me during my celebration of love and life," Yasmin wrote on Facebook, after the ceremony. She also added that she "couldn't imagine the ceremony being any more poignant and meaningful."

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