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"Nowadays small unmanned helicopter and planes, or drones, are already a reality. Some are piloted with special controllers, others can be maneuvered with a smartphone. Now, a Silicon Valley startup wants to let users control its small helicopter with their brains. \nSan Francisco-based Puzzlebox launched a Kickstarter project on Nov. 8 to fund a small helicopter called Orbit, piloted by brain waves. \nThe helicopter is connected to a NeuroSky MindWave Mobile Electroencephalography (EEG) headset that measures brain activity. When the user focuses and concentrates, the helicopter flies in a pre-determined path (hovering in place or flying across the room, for example.)\n\nSEE ALSO: Smart Drone Can Autonomously Avoid Obstacles [VIDEO]\nPuzzlebox hopes this device will have a variety of applications. \"We envision the Puzzlebox Orbit being used for entertainment, personal training of mental focus or relaxation, and as an aid to teaching science and technology from middle school through to university level,\" the developers wrote in the Kickstarter page.\nThe developers will also release all documentation of the Orbit, making it an open source and open hardware project, allowing anybody to tinker with it.\nThe project has already raised almost $9,000, putting it really close to the $10,000 goal \u2014 with more than 25 days to go. \nTo learn more about this exciting Kickstarter project, check out the video above. \n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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