Mindful Play - SEGA TOYS and NEUROSKY team to create `mind-controlled` tech toys

Released on: December 10, 2007, 3:46 pm

Press Release Author: NeuroSky Inc.

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: NeuroSky, Inc and SEGA TOYS Co., Ltd are announcing a
strategic partnership for developing innovative, next generation consumer
entertainment products. Their goal is to join forces to take 'play' to the next
level by pioneering toys which allow players to use brainwaves and other bio-signals
to control them.

Press Release Body: San Jose, CA (December 10, 2007) - NeuroSky, Inc., the leading
innovator in cost-effective and "wearable" bio-sensor and signal processing systems,
and SEGA TOYS Co., Ltd., a unique toy maker and part of the SEGA SAMMY GROUP of
Tokyo, a global entertainment organization, are announcing a strategic partnership
for developing innovative, next generation consumer entertainment products. Their
goal is to join forces to take 'play' to the next level by pioneering toys which
allow players to use brainwaves and other bio-signals to control them.

Since early 2007, NeuroSky has been steadily building a relationship with SEGA TOYS.
By leveraging NeuroSky's bio-sensor technologies and development tools, SEGA TOYS
has been developing a wide range of exciting, next generation consumer toys.

\"SEGA TOYS is taking play to the next level, and we at NeuroSky are proud to be a
part of this break-through in next generation entertainment\", said NeuroSky CEO
Stanley Yang. "With our ThinkGearT bio-sensor technology and innovative capacity of
SEGA TOYS, our collaboration with SEGA TOYS will empower consumers to intimately
interact with or control a toy, using their mind."

Over the last several years, SEGA TOYS has been actively pursuing strategic business
alliances with partners both inside and outside the toy industry. Kenji Yokozeki,
Managing Director of SEGA TOYS Co. Ltd., is quoted as saying: "We are enthusiastic
about the potential we see in developing a unique franchised product line featuring
NeuroSky's technology. At SEGA TOYS, our priority is to provide customers with
value based on new types of play, and NeuroSky provides us with the core technology
to meet this challenge."

ABOUT SEGA TOYS
SEGA TOYS CO., LTD., part of the SEGA SAMMY Group, is a unique toy maker who focuses
on innovative entertainment. Their distinctive and unique products include POO-CHI,
the BeenaTM and PICO interactive platform, O-CHA KEN (Tea Dog), Brain Trainer
products, HOMESTAR, Grand Pianist.

ABOUT NEUROSKY
Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Jose, CA, NeuroSky has developed
cost-effective and "wearable" (dry) bio-sensor and signal processing technology
specifically designed for end-use in the consumer market. NeuroSky's products offer
opportunities for its exclusive partners and developers to generate next generation
applications for a wide array of solutions, including consumer electronics, health,
wellness, education and training. Their MindKitT SDK is currently available under a
licensing plan. Marubeni Corp. is the licensed distributor of NeuroSky products in
the Japanese market.

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For press inquiries, please contact:
Olga Kostrova, Marketing Director: phone: 408.398.2633; email: olga@NeuroSky.com

For general inquiries, please contact NeuroSky at:
info@NeuroSky.com



This news release contains forward-looking statements, as defined in the safe harbor
provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are
based on the current view of management on future events. We undertake no obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.


Web Site: http://www.NeuroSky.com

Contact Details: Olga Kostrova
Marketing Director
Phone: 408.398.2633
Fax: 408.850.9704
www.NeuroSky.com
226 Airport Parkway, #638
San Jose, CA, 95110

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