User:Jstapko/EngLab/ForceTrainer

Star Wars Force Trainer

I found some of these devices in the lab while taking inventory on December, 16, 2014, and was curious about how they worked. This page contains links to some of the pages I found while trying to understand it.

Initial Search, Dec. 15, 2014

 * 1) Wikipedia page on the Force Trainer
 * 2) USA Today article on the Force Trainer Introduces basic concepts of what the force trainer is and how it works. (EEG sensor reads brainwaves, which feeds microcontroller, which drives fan)
 * 3) HackaDay's page on the Force Trainer Explains how to use the force trainer as in interface for controlling through a "DB9 Port."  Seems to be essentially ripped off of "Zibri's Blog," ssee link below.
 * 4) Zibri's Blog Force Trainer page Shows teardown photos, and includes many insightful comments. Many comments mention an "FCC Site," with more photos, which I haven't found yet.
 * 5) Art Granzeier's page on tearing down a Force Trainer a link from a comment in Zibri's Blog, above. Contains many PC board photos and disassembly process.
 * 6) cyberlaw.stanford.edu Blog Raises concerns that this technology could be either used or hacked in a way to get users to reveal personal information, which could lead to identity theft.

Next Steps

 * 1) Access FCC sites
 * 2) look for links to chip datasheets
 * 3) explore applications
 * 4) look into the privacy/identity theft issues (Is this a credible threat?)