The world's first mind-reading beer pump has been unveiled which lets punters pour the perfect pint - using just their brain.<br /><br />The robot - called Homer - uses electroencephalogram (EEG) technology to track brain patterns via activity in the forehead.<br /><br />The user then controls both the tap pouring and the angle of the glass - and the more focused the user the better their pint turns out. <br /><br />Homer began as a fun experiment set up by an entrepreneur, robotics expert and neuroscientist Seth Jackson.<br /><br />It was created just a year later and CEO Seth set up the company Thirsty Thoughts to share the machine with the public.<br /><br />Seth said: "This is the world's one and only mind controlled, beer-pouring robot.<br />It reads your mind and measures your mental focus.<br /><br />"It doesn't know what your focusing on, you could be focusing on anything, but you're controlling the robots pour of the tap and the angle of the glass.<br /><br />"If you're good at it you pour the perfect pint, if you're bad at it you make a big frothy mess all over my robot."<br /><br />Eight years after Homer's inception, the machine has poured over 10,000 mind controlled pints to thirsty users.<br /><br />It's hoped the machine will inspire young people to get into engineering.<br /><br />Seth continued: ''We built it eight years ago as an experiment, as a prototype and it's turned into an amazing business. It's technology for joy."
