A huge balloon controlled by brain waves will fly around the atrium of the Design Museum during this year's London Design Festival.

Mind Pilot, a project by London-based design studio Loop.pH, will be the first large-scale project to occupy the atrium of the new Design Museum building in Kensington, which opened nearly two years ago.
The "mind-powered airship" will consist of a seven-metre-high balloon encased in a lightweight net, rigged up to a robotic cable system. This system will be controlled by signals received from a headset that reads brain activity.
Airship controlled by brain waves 
This headset works through the use of EEG (electroencephalogram) technology, which uses small sensors to pick up electrical signals. "Mind Pilot is a digitally operated airship, piloted by a single visitor who controls its movement through space with the power of thought, rest and relaxation techniques," said Loop.pH, which is led by designers Mathias Gmachl and Rachel Wingfield.
"The airship is able to fly in multiple directions through a series of cables held by digitally controlled winches that receive signals from the pilots EEG headset," added the studio.
"The project will be a world first in concept, engineering and experiential delivery, and suggests a not-too-distant future where robotics interface with the human mind."
Mind Pilot will be the first large-scale project to occupy the atrium of the new Design Museum building since ...