I know this may sound nutty but there is a down hill snow skiing game
that is played by only using your mind/brain waves (a device is
attached to the end of your finger tips) and as you think left the
down hill skier turned left it was really cool I saw the demo at E3
last year and now I can't find anymore about it do you know the name
of the company that makes the game and the device? Was also seen this
week on one one of the TV Tech/Science channels

The game is called MindSkier. It is controlled by MindDrive(tm), a new
physiological input device, designed especially for game applications
by The OTHER 90% Technologies, Inc. The external specifications for
the game were provided by The OTHER 90% Technologies, Inc.
http://www.softlab-nsk.com/Pro/MindSkier.html


Video Games Controlled By The Mind

?The Other 90% Technologies, Inc. makes MindDrive, a unique
entertainment and educational product for home computers that can be
run by the mind. Used by both adults and children, MindDrive operates
through the use of a small cuff that slips on the finger to receive
and interpret bio-electric signals from the brain and translates them
into software application commands.?

?One of its games, MindSkier, lets the player ski and slalom downhill
using only the mind to control movement.?

MDA USA
http://www.mdausa.org/publications/Quest/q45gizmos.html


"You can ski fast or slow, go right or left around a tree, or stop,"
Karraker said. He added that he tried to hit a tree on purpose to test
the system and, sure enough, he hit it.?

?According to company literature, MindDrive's technology was
originally developed in Siberia by former U.S. government scientists
working on mind-control projects. Washington abandoned the effort
after the Soviet Union dissolved, but it was rediscovered by Ron
Gordon, president of The Other 90% and former head of Atari?.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-209324.html?legacy=cnet



From the Biofeedback Institute:

Mindskier - schuss down slalom slopes without a joystick

Minddrive - the first computer product operated by human thought -
move images, run computers, and even control video games with just
your thoughts!

$199 - finger sensor, serial interface, tutorial and thoughtwaves (a
representative game) software.

The Biofeedback Institute
http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~biofdbk/equipment.htm


"Mind Drive" Thought Controlled Computer Games
http://www.raven1.net/minddriv.htm


The OTHER90% Technologies, Inc. (MindDrive) 
http://www.softlab-nsk.com/Partners/Other90.html


MindDrive
http://www.minddrive.com/


MindSkier
http://www.clic.it/infoGM311031.htm


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Here is another game that is similar to MindSkier:


The Journey to the Wild Divine: The Passage, developed by The Wild Divine Project 

Throughout the game, you encounter obstacles that can only be
conquered through the power of the mind. Breathe evenly, and a magical
stairway will appear; relax, and a door will open to reveal a roomful
of belly dancers. In one of the most interesting of the game's
challenges, you must synchronize your heart with your breath in order
to awaken a woman who will slowly open her eyes and begin to rise as
you approach your ideal body state, but will go back to sleep if you
lose control.

The manual even refers to the biofeedback device as a light stone and
the sensors that attach to your fingers as magic rings.
http://www.wilddivine.com/content.php?cont_id=1



Search criteria:
Control videogames with your brain OR mind
Skiing game mind control
MindSkier


I hope MindSkier is the game you had in mind!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Outstanding research....

Atari tried something similar in 1984 and I don't think they were the first ones.

http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2600/mindlink.html
"Atari, looked into interfacing people with computers and videogames
in an entirely new way.   A set of controllers and software combined
together to create the "Atari Mindlink System".   A combination of
headband with Infrared Transmitter and Infrared Receiver, the Atari
Mindlink system could connect to your Atari VCS 2600, Atari 7800 and
Atari Home Computers.   Using specially written software you could
control the action on the screen.    The headband would read
resistance from muscles in the users forehead and interpret them into
commands on the screen...."

http://www.cyberroach.com/analog/an22/ces_report.htm
"The most exciting piece of hardware introduced by Atari was the
MindLink system. This device is composed of a headband connected to an
infrared transmitter and a receiver that connects to a video game or
computer up to 20 feet away. Using electromyogram transducers, the
headband can detect minute electrical energy generated from the
muscles in the forehead. By tensing and relaxing the muscles in your
face and forehead, you can control a computer or video game screen
without using a joystick. The MindLink will sell for approximately
$100 and, initially, be available for the BCS [Archiver's note: VCS?]
and 7800 video game this fall. The computer version will be available
in early 1985."

http://www.steverd.com/what26/mind2.txt

Unfortunatly none of these devices actually "read" your mind, or pick
up your thought commands.  Most of this is done by tracking your
skin's "glavanic response" . There is no real brain interactivity at
all.

However, researchers have succeeded in making thought controlled
computers a reality.  You can read about the latest brain-wave
computer interface research here.

http://www.economist.com/science/tq/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2246298

It looks promising.

here is another link that presents a "game" that reads your mind.  One
step closer to what you are looking for.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_3525000/3525487.stm