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New fMRI Spelling Device Requires Very Little Effort to Setup
Posted on July 19, 2012 | No CommentsA new fMRI-based spelling device allows people to answer questions with their thoughts alone. Assigning unique patterns of brain activity to each letter of the alphabet lets people answer questions with... -
Robot Controlled by Human Mind Using fMRI (video)
Posted on July 8, 2012 | No CommentsScientists have managed to use fMRI scans of a human to control the movements of a robot body that allowed the researchers to control a robot in France from a... -
NeuroVigil’s Research Aims to Allow Dr. Stephen Hawking Communicate by Thinking
Posted on April 3, 2012 | No CommentsAs we reported almost a year ago, NeuroVigil is a successful BCI company that received more in first round funding than Facebook and Google together. Their flagship product, the iBrain headband is... -
CeBIT: Tablet-Sized Wireless BCI Presented at the Polish Booth
Posted on March 13, 2012 | No CommentsAt CeBIT 2012 University of Warsaw presented the BCI Appliance, a wireless brain-computer interface system enclosed in a tablet-sized box with just one button, as opposed to the complex computer-based systems used for research. -
Mind-Reading Research Decodes Imagined Words
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsScientists have managed to decode fragments of people’s thoughts by translating the brain activity caused by words that they hear. -
Stanford University joins BrainGate team developing brain-computer interface to aid paralyzed people
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsResearchers of Stanford University are enrolling participants in a pioneering study investigating the feasibility of people with paralysis using a technology that interfaces directly with the brain to control computer... -
Second Life Avatars Controlled Via Brain-computer Interface
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsWe have seen that BCI technology can be effectively used as a complete or partial thought-control method for various devices and applications so we are not surprised that even Second... -
Video: Text Editor for Disabled People Using NeuroSky Mindset
Posted on April 22, 2011 | 7 CommentsThese two videos show a subject writing/sending an email and a Twitter message through brain activity using a NeuroSky Mindset brain-computer interface and a special text editor software with T9 suggestion. -
Israeli Students Develop Mouse Application for Emotiv EPOC
Posted on April 18, 2011 | No CommentsStudent team of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev announced yesterday a new application for the Emotiv EPOC which turns the biosensor headset to a unique computer pointing device, or mouse/keyboard... -
fMRI Provides Window into Brain-injured Patients’ Consciousness
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsA recent study using fMRI to attempt communication with severely brain-injured patients suggests that cognitive functioning may not be recognized at bedside. Patients have imagined activities like swimming to follow... -
Japanese Researchers to Help ALS Patients Through Brain-Computer Interface
Posted on January 11, 2011 | No CommentsFrom: www.yomiuri.co.jp A group of scientists from Osaka University Hospital is set to conduct clinical research aimed at mechanically producing the actions directed by disabled people’s brain waves. If successful,... -
Brain-controlled Exoskeleton with Sensory Feedback Close to Reality
Posted on December 15, 2010 | 1 CommentFrom: sfn.org Monkeys moved thought-controlled computer cursors more quickly and accurately when provided with additional sensory feedback, according to a new study in the Dec. 15 issue of The Journal of... -
After a Decade, BCI Device is Moving from Laboratory to Clinical Setting
Posted on November 21, 2010 | No CommentsEfforts to advance technology to help people who have lost communication and movement abilities are getting support from an Arizona Biomedical Research Commission grant for a project combining resources and...
