Brain to Computer Interface
Had you ever thought to communicate with computer using your brain?
This Mental Typewriter enables the user’s thoughts to move an on-screen pointer. By doing so, you can also type sentences, such as “Girl, You are pretty”.
The long-term objective of the research is to create a brain-controlled device that could allow people with severe disabilities to communicate with the outside world.
Even if a person who is completely paralysed cannot move his eyes left or right he can still think with the left and right parts of his brain. These thoughts or signals would be enough to activate the device.
Signals from the brain are measured by 128 electrodes affixed to the subject’s scalp, similar to an electroencephalogram (EEG). With the help of a software programme, specific signals are picked out among the nebulous mass of information.
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