Neurowear

, the company behind the

Necomimi mind-controlled cat ears

, premiered its latest project at

SXSW

2013 in Austin.

Mico

— music inspiration from your subconsciousness — is a pair of headphones that senses the wearer’s mood and communicates with a smartphone app to play appropriate music.

Credit: Engadget

“mico” frees the user from having to select songs and artists and allows users to encounter new music just by wearing the device.

The mico system is made up of two parts: the mico headphone, and the mico application for iphone.

The mico headphone detects brainwaves detects brainwaves from the sensor on your forehead. The mico app then automatically analyses the users condition of the brain and searches for music that best matches from the mico database, and plays the selection that fits the user’s mood.

The mood is shown on the indiciator of the mico headphone, such as focussed, drowsy, or depressed.