Japan's Toyota Motor said on Monday it had invented a way to allow a person to steer an electric wheelchair through simple thought, using a helmet-like device that measures their brain waves.
The cutting-edge Brain Machine Interface (BMI) technology uses electrodes attached to the scalp to measure localised brain activity when a user concentrates on certain physical movements.
The signals are displayed on a panel in almost real time and translated into instructions to steer the motorised wheelchair, the researchers said.
The cutting-edge Brain Machine Interface (BMI) technology uses electrodes attached to the scalp to measure localised brain activity when a user concentrates on certain physical movements.
The signals are displayed on a panel in almost real time and translated into instructions to steer the motorised wheelchair, the researchers said.
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