This has suddenly become a big issue again. And when I say big issue, I mean that it has suddenly recieved a lot of media coverage. I suggest you get well informed before it’s too late - it’s a real threat.
There’s been a flurry of activity recently on the Wikimedia Foundation-l mailing list regarding placing adverts onto Wikipedia (and possibly sister projects, too). I’ve already made a post on my vague thoughts behind advertising - but I feel compelled to write about this particular “scandal” - and my view differs from most.
A recent wave in the game development community has been that of Brainwave Gaming - the reading of neural activity to interact with a game. This is a very exciting development, and it is technology that can be applied to many walks of life, not necessarily just to gaming. Can this technology be adapted successfully to gaming? Or is it going to cause a generation of people who don’t even move to play their video games?