Latest Brain–computer interface Stories

Doctors in Israel have developed a unique "sniffing" controller that allows people with severe disabilities to use their noses to write, surf the Web, and even navigate their wheelchairs. The new technology might even be used in the future to create a sort of 'third hand' to assist healthy surgeons or pilots.The device uses a "sniffing technology" that measures pressure changes in the nose from breathing in and out, and then translates these changes to electrical signals. When tested on both...

CARDIFF, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jedi Mind, Inc. (http://www.jedimindinc.com/) (Pink Sheets: JEDM) announced today that Dr. Gordon Chiu announced new members to the Company's Advisory board for Medicine and Technology. Jedi Mind, Inc. has been in the process of expanding the company's medical applications as well as gaming applications. The new members will be part of a "Brain Trust Key" for advisory purposes in medical and technological applications. The recently...

CARDIFF, Calif., May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jedi Mind, Inc. (http://jedimindinc.com) (Pink Sheets: JEDM) announced today that Brent Fouch, CEO and President of Jedi Mind, Inc., a developer of thought controlled software applications, was interviewed this week by Tom Allinder of InBoundMarketingPR. During the interview, Mr. Fouch discussed recent developments with Jedi Mind, Inc. as well as future plans including development of a universal controller for all PC games that allows the...

The world's largest high-tech fair is the place to go to find out how you can play games or do daily chores all by just using the power of your mind. At the annual CeBIT fair, crowds gathered around a man sitting at a pinball table, wearing a cap full of electrodes attached to his head. The man controlled flippers with ease without the use of his hands. Michael Tangermann, of Berlin Brain Computer Interface, told spectators "He thinks: left-hand or right-hand and the electrodes monitor the...

Study suggests future portable prosthetic devices for movement-impairedResearchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way, according to a study in the March 3 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. This finding uses a technique that may open new doors for portable brain-computer interface systems. Such a non-invasive system could potentially operate a robotic arm or motorized wheelchair "” a huge advance for people with disabilities...

A paralyzed patient implanted with a brain-computer interface device has allowed scientists to determine the relationship between brain waves and attention. Characteristic activity patterns known as beta and delta oscillations have been observed in various regions of the brain since the early 20th century, and have been theoretically associated with attention. The unique opportunity to record directly from a human subject's motor cortex allowed University of Chicago researchers to investigate...

Harnessing brain signals to control keyboards, robots or prosthetic devices is an active area of medical research. Now a rare peek at a human brain hooked up to a computer shows that the two can adapt to each other quickly, and possibly to the brain's benefit.Researchers at the University of Washington looked at signals on the brain's surface while using imagined movements to control a cursor. The results, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that...

CARDIFF, Calif., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jedi Mind, Inc. (www.jedimindinc.com) (Pink Sheets: JEDM) announced today that Jedi Mind's Head of their Medical Division, Dr. Gordon Chiu commented on his new position with Jedi Mind, Inc. Earlier last year, on December 7th 2009, Jedi Mind, Inc. announced that Dr. Gordon Chiu would also join the company's advisory board. "Extensive independent tests were conducted to validate the possibility of going beyond video game based software and...

Neuroscientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville, Fla., have demonstrated how brain waves can be used to type alphanumerical characters on a computer screen. By merely focusing on the "q" in a matrix of letters, for example, that "q" appears on the monitor.Researchers say these findings, presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, represent concrete progress toward a mind-machine interface that may, one day, help people with a variety of...

SCHIEDLBERG, Austria, November 9 /PRNewswire/ -- For more than 20 years researchers all over the world have been working on the development of a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI). This is a direct communication channel between the brain and a computer. Such a system enables completely paralyzed patients to communicate or to control devices in their environment just by mental activity. During the last years some patients have been supervised by the researchers themselves to use such BCI...