TEST – Our journalist has tested the Mentalista Foot for you, at the digital creation and training center The cube, in Issy-les-Moulineaux. An innovative experience that combines sport, science and art.
The digital creation and training center The cubebased in Issy-les-Moulineaux (92), offers until July 16 inclusive to test the Mentalista Foot created in 2016. This interactive and playful installation works thanks to the combined use of a brain-machine interface (CCI) and artificial intelligence.
“On the pitch, calm and concentration reign. Thanks to the electrodes on your skull, imagine the ball moving into the opponent’s goal and pierce their defense to score. Mentalista Foot is a new sport where the mind makes the differenceare the words of Gille de Bast, creator, artist and specialist in brain-machine interfaces.
An already regulated mental practice
A match of Mentalista Foot opposes two players and no constraint linked to the age, gender or physical condition of the person can prevent the practice of this new football described as “inclusive and adaptable”. The key to victory is the player’s ability to imagine themselves scoring a…