_And if anyone thinks the tomato was being affecting by my hand: _*_NOPE!_* The metal contacts are only on the inside of the sensor, not the outside. My hand wasn't touching anything but the plastic casing while the tomato was on there, and the tomato was held in place by a velcro strap. I was only holding it up so it'd be in the video frame, but before I was testing with it just sitting on a wooden table and it got the same result! Got the idea from The New York Times, where they reviewed the MindDrive using a grape and a wet paper towel: www.nytimes.com/1996/10/01/science/mind-control-for-pc-s-i-think-not.html

Technically, if you use your mouse and keyboard to play games, you're already using mind-controlled devices, since your mind is controlling your hands.

The world's first tomato assisted speedrun

Someone needs to decompile those executables and see what's actually in them. I bet all it does is check if your finger is in or not; the game plays itself.

They should have called their company 'Placebo-soft'.

I wonder if the Tomato will start it's own KZfaq Channel.

"I have no mind, and I must drive" -- Tomato

So this is basically a mood ring for over $100 while awful video games play in the background?

Did... did you eat it? The tomato? The intelligent tomato?

When you attached it to the tomato... I lost it. So good. Great video, just like all the rest of your videos.

this thing looks like something Scientologists would sell to people

Whenever you mentioned the US government in this video, I kept being reminded of that scene from the movie The Men Who Stare At Goats -- where the two Army officers talk about how the KGB heard about the American attempt to communicate psychically with a stranded nuclear sub (something that didn't happen) so the KGB began Psy research because they thought the US was doing Psy research, so now the US had to do Psy research to prevent a "paranormal research gap."

I imagine that if this was to come out today it would be on Kickstarter.

I can just imagine being some 12 year old kid who has to choose whether or not he wants the MindDrive or the Nintendo 64 for Christmas, because his parents couldn't afford both. Then his parents decide on the MindDrive...

Your scepticism influenced the results. Don't you know how pseudo-science works?!?

HOLY CRAP FINALLY SOMEONE FOUND THIS THING I remember playing this in a computer store sometime in the 1990s, with a skiing game. But I could never remember what the name of the product was, and literally every time I've ever told someone I played a mind-controlled skiing game at a computer store in the '90s they've looked at me like I was crazy. Honestly I began to wonder if I was just misremembering the whole thing or maybe even dreaming. Thank you for confirming that I'm not actually crazy. From what I remember it actually worked reasonably well for the few minutes I tried it. The tutorial said to relax, and to think 'left brain thoughts' to move right, and think 'right brain thoughts' to move left. I was able to actually do it kinda.

I played this years ago when they were showing it off at the Ideal Home Exhibition in London. I never knew it was actually released though. But the game I played was teaching you to relax, where you played as a fish and the more you relaxed the more it evolved, (turning into an angel at the end) I only ever got as far as a salamander :(

I'd love to see "LGR Plays" episode where you pit a cherry tomato, a potato and a carrot against one another in these MindDrive games.

Wire up the Tomato to a game of Pokémon, and stream it live to Twitch!

Galvanic skin response? Grandiose promises of societal advancement? Insisting that it's the customer's fault if it doesn't work? Intelligent tomatoes? This is a repackaged Scientology E-meter, isn't it?

It doesn't surprise me that it worked on a tomato. After all, this technology was originally developed to defeat the reds.

That dystopian comparison was spot on, this seems like what video games would look like in 1984.

When you've asked "Why stop there?" after sticking it on your tongue, I was alarmed for a second 0_O'

I would like to see this hooked up to a PC where it can read the raw serial input to see if any data is actually coming from the device or not.

The cherry tomatoes have become SENTIENT! EVERYONE RUN!

They should've had a game called Mindsweeper. Geddit?!

This is the equivalent of homeopathy for nerds.

TFW a cherry tomato is a better gamer than you.

Oh man I remember playing with one of these in a Compusa store when it first came out ... played the skiing game and even as a young kid found myself disappointed in this lol.

That cherry tomato is good. I've seen other small vegetables playing games but never like this lol

I bet that cherry tomato has a better GPA than me

I can’t believe you have this on here! When I was a child my class went to a local university to a science exhibit showing off cool tech and experiments. They had this on display with the skiing game and I remember as a child even thinking, “I’m not actually controlling this”. I’ve talked to people about this and asked if they remember it and they though I was crazy. I now have the proof it exists. On another note at the same event they had this new crazy tech called the DVD playing space jam. My mind was blown.

That has to be the oddest oddware that I've ever seen. Are we sure that this wasn't funded by Scientologists?

Why do I have a feeling Ron (creator of Minddrive) was a scientologist? "Your fault if it doesn't work", it looks like a simpler version of an E-meter, mind controlling... Someone was either really into CIA things, or just nuts like a scientologist :-) P.S.: Ron was also the middle name of Lafayette Ron Hubbard... Coincidence? ;-)

There is a rare game for this that was never advertised. You use your mind to develop a political ideology for your country. It was called Mind Kampf.

plot twist: it was a motion sensor reciving the small left/right oscillations that you made unconsciously, that would explain the tomato working, and the bowling too since you would do small unconcious movements

You know, a choose your own adventure movie theater sounds like a phenomenal idea! Why HAVEN'T we come up with that yet?

I love the idea that one of the first things you would want to do if you attained mind control capabilities is bowling.

Scientific minds think alike. I came to the same conclusion that you did at the end of this video. Galvanic skin response sensors are just measuring how conductive your skin is to electricity and after that it's all (weak) interpretive theory regarding how to actually translate that information into anything useful. your quip about the inner child wanting to believe in magic really hit the nail on the head, I wanted this to work too - even though I knew it was too simple to ever work. Oh and good spot on that worm 'training' program. That is the real turning point in thinking when it's so clearly programmed in a way to make you think you're almost getting it, then losing it, then you have it for a little while! They put so much effort into this deception it's very disappointing. But a great bit of history to own :) big fan edit: I just read your linked NYTimes article and that is brutal, they tore them apart haha.

What about the 10% technology that wasn't the other technology?

''Tomato plays'' sounds like a hip new gaming channel.

Mind Bowling, now that's mind blowing!

the fuck would American scientists have been doing in fucking Siberia during the cold war?

This is very 90s new age.

I, for one, welcome our new tomato overlords.

National Geographic here. We would be interested on featuring any of those cherry tomatoes in your fridge, on the cover of our award winning magazine. We will also feature an incredibly detailed article about their life from plant to fridge and their inevitable murder.

4 years later I'm back and wow how you have evolved, obviously been watching for a while. congratulations on your amazing success

I remember this being at a computer fair I attended with my father as a kid. I specifically remember them showing the mindskier game. There have been many occasions in the last 20 years where I recollected bits of that memory here and there, but I always thought it was the "WINSKI" game that was controlled by this. This was really cool to see, since it sortof confirmed a memory I had from when I was 6 years old.

Really don't hook your phone into it! That's how the alien mindcontrol gets you!

There are technologies that do use thought to control stuff with your mind, but they require being wired up with lots of electrical sensors placed all over your head.

Aw man, i had heard someone mention that Hypnospace Outlaw's HypnOS might have been inspired by this and i got really intrigued. Now that I know its just a glorified pulse oximeter that turns on guidance for whatever object is meant to move. I wasnt expecting or wanting a headband that runs using your mind while you sleep, but this is a massive dissappointment. Thank you for the video though, had no idea this existed, you did a great job presenting it.

This is the funniest video I've ever watched. Thanks for brightening a terrible day for me.

Send it back to it's makers and ask them to hook it up to their cars then drive.

Yes! I was almost convinced I'd imagined this thing! I remember playing with MindSkier at a Babbages WAAAAY back in the day. It was horrible, but I remember it almost working!

Why is THIS particular episode so funny? Dude, seriously, you had me rolling with the dry humor in this one. I've watched my share of your videos and I don't think you will ever top this.

epic man. you need more views! been binging your videos for weeks. love it.

It would be awesome if you did an episode of LGR Plays with MindSki competing against the tomato.

I stuck around just for the cool T-shirt!

Thank you for this video! You just validated a childhood memory I had that this "mind-reading" technology existed back in the '90s. 😅 In my city, we had the computer equivalent of Discovery Zone at a place called CyberPlay; and this was one of the featured technologies. I couldn't believe how futuristic it seemed at the time. ☺️

would be interesting to take the circuitry to someone who knows about it and see what they actually put in it

Everytime you said a word that began with "Mind", all I could think of was Joel from Vinesauce screaming "MIND BULLETS?!"

Awesome Daggerfall shirt.

This is very reminiscent of Hypnospace Outlaw. I think I'm starting to get what went into that game.

I never get sick of watching this channel!!! Thanks for posting Clint, you are awesome:)

All of this is just mind-boggling! Also at 9:26 we can see the Flappy Mind Bird Worm. :)

A E S T H E T I C S

*The force is strong with this one!*

This is the funniest video I've seen in a while. I literally LOL'd at work. (slow day) I LOVE this channel! Basically the only channel I watch on youtube.

Thanks, Clint, for adding me on Google Plus. You're a nice guy, you know that?

I will sell my soul to you LGR if you tell me where you grabbed that fabulous Daggerfall shirt.

I distinctly remember using something very similar to this from the early or mid-2000s. The product was designed essentially the same, something you clip your finger into, and it came with a game which I think was meant to help people deal with anxiety, depression, emotional instability, among other issues. Much like with the MindDrive, you play the game by using the "power of your mind" to feel a certain way, thus (I guess) manipulating your body temperature, electrical impulses, and heart rate, to accomplish various tasks. My mom bought for me when I was like 14-16, and I only played it a tiny bit because I kept getting lost and thus bored of it rather quickly, even though it mostly worked ok. Edit: The game is called Journey to the Wild Divine. It's actually a series with several titles including The Passage, Wisdom Quest, and Healing Rhythms. I think the one I played was the Passage, but I'm not entirely certain.

I've discovered this channel in 2018 and I have to say it's awesome.

Didn't l ron hubbard do something similar with tomatoes?

Good God man don't let the scientologists see this! L Ron Hubbard was pretty famous for trying to do e-meter readings on fruit and veggies. Most famously a tomato! Google LRH reading tomato for the famous picture.

I had an OCZ NIA (Neural Interface Actuator or some crap) anyway... It really worked! It was so weird too because all those movies where a person is trying to learn to use mind powers they are right. You couldn't force it to do what you wanted. You had to relax and want it to happen.

This was the most hilarious video of yours, thanks for the excellent nerdy entertainment. Salutes from Medellin, Colombia.

thank god you didn't stick any other "fingers" in that thing :P

I can read LGR's mind through the screen: 4:15 He thinks of the "didn't mind" joke.

I had one of these in '97 and I remember it working quite well, just took some practice to get used to it.

My favorite thought-controlled game is MindCraft.

@12:34 Black Mirror, Season 5, Episode 1

I dont know whether Im glad or disappointed you didnt go with a certain obvious part when using it on other parts of the body

I saw the Star Trek Elite Force in the background and I knew I would stay on your channel.

Nice, you got the official Lego Back To The Future kit! And when you were talking about the "dystopian future of some kind", it reminded me of the Star Trek The Next Generation episode with the mind controlled video game that was hypnotizing the entire crew.

9:28: In Vietnam, they call that 'Flippy Bird'.

does this work in windows calibration? what it kinda looks like is that it has two contact pads that probably read how much of your finger is over the area i.e. two axes that adjust an analogue number value the more your finger contacts the pad. Kind of like on the original xbox there was a feature on the controller where it knew if you pressed the button down some or all of the way. While this wasn't used much it's a near essential feature in Metal Gear Solid 2. I bet if you try configuring it in windows it shows up as two analogue axes with numbers that increase the more of your finger is on the pad

I lost it at tomato!!! LMAO!! I think Surrogates was the closest movie I saw to where people are laying around controlling stuff with their minds. I think your videos are great Clint! Keep them coming!! =)

wow... I've never laughed at one of your videos so much... and I get a chuckle out of each one of your videos I watch... I've seen my own fair share of oddware over the years as well

150$ for this? Well, rich people wouldn't really *mind* the price. hehehehehehehehehehehehe

I've always been confused with the legality of releasing things such as this or the power glove for example. How do you define that the game or device "works"?

Man, I've always been curious about this thing, I'm so glad you looked into it. Hilarious too.

You're a champion and you make high-quality videos. Keep it up.

Are you telling me that tomatoes have a conscience? >:/

Hey niko do you want to go mind bowling?

Bro this has become my favorite channel Lmao I usually hate commentary, but yours is hilarious Lmao "a lot of mind names, I guess they didn't mind" lmfao

New subscriber and low-key blown away that you are as young as you are. Expected a waaaaaaaay older dude

I think there is still one appendage you have not tried that thing on, but then again, it might not have been suitable for KZfaq audiences. Seriously though, you should have tried to see how well the tomato would have done in the slalom event.

It doesn't get more odd than this!

I recognize the intro music from Streets of SimCity. Recognizing obscenely obscure references makes my parietal lobe tingle

HOLY CARP!!!! Music from Streets of Sim City!!! I ripped that music and put it on a cd back when I was twelve! Never thought I'd hear it again if I didn't go looking for it.