Brainwave-controlled skateboard is totally mental

Chaotic Moon Labs' Board of Imagination from Chaotic Moon Studios on Vimeo.

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Chaotic Moon Labs' Kinect-controlled skateboard was pretty awesome, but the company has managed to blow our minds with its Board of Imagination. Crave talks with one of the creators to find out how it works.

On today's show, we talk to the guys from Chaotic Moon Studios, the ones buildinhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifg Kinect-controlled skateboards and shopping carts and more. They're moving into mind-controlled devices. No, really. Also, the problem with Google's new privhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifacy policies: Web search! The iPad 3 rumor roundup, how to make the most of Google+, and Windows 8 vs. OS X Mountain Lion.

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Microsoft was demoing Smarter Cart as just one of the hundreds of projects companies are working on since Microsoft released its Kinect for Windows commercial software development kit in February. Kinect began as a motion- and voice-detection device for Xbox 360 gaming, but soon after hackers began getting Kinect to work with Windows and other machines. Microsoft, after first objecting to Kinect hackers, embraced the idea and is now pushing Kinect for Windows as a commercial software development tool.

Wired says Chaotic Moon has been testing out Smarter Cart in a Whole Foods store in Austin, but allowing only one Smarter Cart at a time in each store. Beginning in April, the company will test multiple devices at once. It's not clear when, or if, the new device will roll out to stores nationwide.

Here’s a look at the cart in action: