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Attaching 9-Volt battery to head can boost gaming performance

Scientists at the University of New Mexico have discovered that delivering 2 milliamps of electricity (from a 9 volt battery) to a person’s scalp can actually boost gaming performance by about twice that of those receiving about one-twentieth of the power.

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jidery5516d ago

Before i tried this product my kill/death ratio was 0.9, after I did this it went up 2.6 in just 1 week, this product really works!

Stevo915516d ago

MLG banned this method

kaveti66165516d ago

Maybe it's a placebo.

Believing that the increase in electric conduction will help may have caused increased brainwaves from within your cortical neurons.

No doubt increased electrical conduction can mean faster neural reaction, but unless its concentrated to the parietal lobes or your cerebellum, you're not going to have increased spatial awareness and better hand movement to control your player.

a_bro5516d ago (Edited 5516d ago )

GTFO no way!

Pixel_Pusher5516d ago (Edited 5516d ago )

@jidery

now try it with a car battery. O_O

Christopher5516d ago (Edited 5516d ago )

This sounds about as useful as those magnet bracelets they sell on TV after midnight.

kaveti6616 is pretty much spot on, these tend to act as placebos, wherein the person's belief in them and how that affects them on a emotional and thereby physical way is what really improves/heals them.

P.S. I just use my lucky rabbit's foot, I went from a 3.2 KD ration to 12.6 almost immediately ;)

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ATiElite5516d ago

The Brains does work off of electrical currents and by eating the right foods your brains produces better electricity.

Now just juicing the brain artificially also works cause scientist know how to "jolt" certain parts of the brain to make you move your arms, legs, lips, eyes, ect.. They also know which brain waves are for certain functions. This is all true and it's why those with disabilities can control wheelchairs and computers via brainwaves.

So suppling the brain with an extra supply of electricity is like adding a turbo charger to a car for better performance.

I may try it with a car battery next time I play Arma II (love that game but i'm not that good). :)

*disclaimer* the car battery was a joke!! don't do it.

cannon88005516d ago

Someone is going to die because of this... you'll see.

Brewski0075516d ago

15 days too late for april fools!

Speed-Racer5516d ago (Edited 5516d ago )

lol not really. the whole technique behind it all has been around for awhile, mostly in the medical field, plus it's not like you're doing a frankenstein type operation, you dont even feel a 9 volt on your body :P

Brewski0075516d ago

lol i'll take your word for it, just sounds so strange haha. I never heard of it but must look it up as it'd probably make for interesting reading :)

Speed-Racer5516d ago

It is! :P I am tempted to try it out ... xD

Dart895516d ago

Or to you're tongue xDDD.

dry_ice5516d ago

I'll bet you get similar performance gains by attaching the electrodes to a gamers nuts.

Speed-Racer5516d ago

Would you like to test it out first and send us the results?

dry_ice5516d ago

Only if you'll hold my hand.

Speed-Racer5516d ago

Haha nice try BUT we have to be an independent party to fairly analyze the results.

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Top Racers Need Top Gear – Introducing the Forza Horizon 6 Limited Edition Controller and Headset

Omar writes: "With the Horizon Festival coming to breathtaking Japan, you’ll need the essential gear to prove you’ve got what it takes to become a Horizon Legend as you cruise, drift and explore an open world full of spectacular driving experiences. That’s why we’re happy to announce the newest Limited Edition Xbox Wireless Controller and Wireless Headset collection, featuring inspired designs from Forza Horizon 6. The bright cyan and lime colorways celebrate the Horizon Festival’s recognition of iconic cars and hit music, with special features that are sure to impress any collector."

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Killer2020UK31d ago

Oh my, that is one gaudy design

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EasySMX D05 review

You can get Hall effect controllers slightly cheaper, but you'd struggle to find as feature-rich a package without some heavy, heavy sales.

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"It's Just So Lame" - RTGI Modder Thinks DLSS 5 Is Impressive But Shares AI Slop Sentiment

Pascal Gilcher calls DLSS 5 impressive but shares the "AI slop" sentiment, explaining the likely tech behind it and why he dislikes it.

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CrimsonWing6957d ago

I fail to see how this is AI shhhhlllloooop. Looking at the different games they showed, this has made many of them look far better.

isarai_lee57d ago (Edited 57d ago )

It's AI slop because it ignores the artists intent and changes the details ESPECIALLY when it comes to character faces. The scariest part of it is introducing it as the next stage of DLSS, a feature where the current iteration already has controversy surrounding it and for quite a lot of games cannot be fully disabled. So reasonably the precident is already set for what path this could take, and it's not good

blacktiger57d ago

In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost and so on. Many of the lighting deletes shadow, including shadow on the face like eyes even chin.

Chard57d ago

Why stop at art when it comes to human input - why not just have AI play the game for us, remove human input altogether

theshizer57d ago

If you don’t like it, just don’t enable it. Personally I think it looks great from the videos I have seen.

isarai_lee57d ago

And what about when you can't? Cause there's plenty of games where you cannot fully disable dlss already, i mean we're well into an era where it's a major crutch for developers to cover up their cut corners, why would this be any different?

blacktiger57d ago

You are playing with people's money and allow Nvidia to scam you.

In case you didn't watch the video then let me point just one part. It overrides the lighting. Then the question of what is the point of ray tracing cost. This is all lie to raise the cost of the graphic card.

Andrew33657d ago

Making characters look more realistic not ok because we want the developer to decide on how the game was intended to look. - Internet

Change entire game through mods thus changing how the developers intended the game to be is ok. - Internet

isarai_lee57d ago

Something consumers can do to a product after they have purchased it, entirely optional and can always be undone with a fresh install

VS

The leading gaming hardware manufacturer making this the next iteration of the main AA/Upscaling technique that is heavily relied upod by modern devs and is not optional in most games.

Not at all the same but nice try

jwillj2k457d ago

At the moment you need 2 5090’s just to get an image on the screen so this is all vaporware until proven otherwise.

Andrew33657d ago

The good news is you can just not use it as well.

Christopher57d ago

It's all about choice in the end. But, I would say that calling it 'more realistic' is quite a stretch. It looks like AI art, and that's rarely realistic.

Urrakia3457d ago

All the comments I see are reminding me of how we got to the current state of gaming when microtransactions were first introduced: "It's completely optional guys, we promise! If you don't like it just don't buy it!"

I think we all know how that ended up.

Popsicle57d ago (Edited 57d ago )

I had the same exact thought the first time this was brought up in a separate article about a week ago. Took me straight back to the conversations surrounding “horse armor.” Just don’t buy it they said. Years later, many IPs I previously enjoyed are so infected with monetization schemes that I don’t even consider purchasing them anymore.

DLSS 5 and the like are the same thing wrapped in a different package. History rhymes but many of us never learn from it.

blacktiger57d ago

Biggest Scam. Overrides lighting and shadow. So why keep Ray tracing? It's all a scam to raise graphic card. We now see Nvidia with Microsoft downturn anything against them. Sony is next!