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Mindwalker exoskeleton uses EEG cap to help disabled people walk again
Posted on March 13, 2013 | 3 CommentsAlthough no medical cure currently exists for spinal cord injury, paralyzed patients in the future could be able to walk again thanks to robotic exoskeleton technology, being developed all around the... -
Scientists demonstrate wireless neural interface
Posted on March 7, 2013 | 1 CommentXray image of (a) a pig and (b) a rhesus monkey showing wireless implant (credit: David A Borton et al./J. Neural Eng.) Scientists at Brown University have developed a fully... -
Brain-computer interface reconnects disabled patient’s brain to his muscles (video)
Posted on January 28, 2013 | 3 CommentsAs part of the European TOBI (Tools for Brain‐computer Interaction) research project, using a brain-computer interface (BCI), scientists have found a way to help disabled people to “reconnect” their brain to their muscles in... -
Future brain spellers will let you type full words, not just letters individually
Posted on November 12, 2012 | No CommentsWith the development of a new type of brain–machine interface users in the future could be able to plan and perform a series of sequential movements more naturally. “This is different from BMIs... -
Mind-Controlled Robot Arm Project Receives ‘Breakthrough Award’ (video)
Posted on October 17, 2012 | No CommentsYou might still remember that touching moment from a year ago, when Tim Hemmes, a quadriplegic man moved a mind-controlled robot arm just with his thoughts and was able to go... -
Brainwave-Controlled Parrot Helicopter Serves as Virtual Eye (VIDEO)
Posted on September 2, 2012 | 2 CommentsNew Scientist reports that Chinese researchers have managed to use the popular AR.Drone Parrot RC quadcopter as a thought-controlled virtual eye, an extremely beneficial solution for disabled people. The ultimate goal of... -
NeuroSky Fundraising Project to Help People Unable to Communicate
Posted on April 12, 2012 | No CommentsWhen we visited the NeuroSky booth at the Gadget Show Live and spoke to their nice and friendly team, Tansy Brook, Head of Communication, kindly reminded us about their ongoing IndieGogo... -
Thought-Controlled Bobsleigh Not Only for Disabled Athletes
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsAs part of the warm-up to this summer’s Paralympics in London, engineering students at Imperial College designed new types of sporting equipment, for people with disabilities. Earlier this month they showcased... -
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... -
$1.2 Million Grant to Improve Brain-Computer Interface for Disabled People
Posted on November 3, 2011 | No CommentsA research team at Colorado State University has obtained a five-year, $1.2 million grant to develop brain-computer interactions that could help people with severe motor impairments do something as simple... -
Touching Moment: Palm to Palm Again by Using Bionic Arm
Posted on October 11, 2011 | No CommentsTrue, a robotic arm parked next to his wheelchair did the touching, painstakingly, palm to palm. But Tim Hemmes made that arm move just by thinking about it. For the first... -
Five years of funding ($18.5 Million) to Brain-Machine Connection Research
Posted on July 22, 2011 | No CommentsAn $18.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a new Engineering Research Centre for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering on the University of Washington campus — a place where researchers will figure... -
Thought-controlled Aviator Wheelchair Gets Innovation Award
Posted on June 26, 2011 | No CommentsA thought-controlled wheelchair system from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), has been awarded III. place in the Australian Innovation Award Anthill SMART 100 Index. The Aviator wheelchair uses the... -
Dr Tom Carlson Speaks About His Brain-controlled Wheelchair Project
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsBrain-controlled wheelchairs are very promising for disabled people who are mentally healthy but not able to move. You may still remember Steve Castellotti’s Puzzlebox-wheelchair. Today Dr Tom Carlson, a former student... -
NeuroVigil Receives More in First Round Funding Than Facebook and Google Combined
Posted on May 3, 2011 | 1 CommentNeuroVigil is the company behind iBrain, a miniaturized EEG system which detects the impact of drugs on the brain in patients with neurological diseases, and use unusual brain signals as... -
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... -
Implanted BCI Detects When Patients Think of Specific Sounds
Posted on April 8, 2011 | No CommentsPatients with a temporary surgical implant have used regions of the brain that control speech to “talk” to a computer for the first time, manipulating a cursor on a computer... -
Neuro-Operated Utility System (NOUS) Prototype Demonstration by Thought-Wired
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 1 CommentNOUS (Neuro-Operated Utility System) is an innovative system that integrates state of the art brain-computer interface technology, home automation and assistive equipment to provide people with severe physical disabilities with... -
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...
