Mind-Controlled Medical Devices? It May Happen Sooner Than You Think
From: Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry - 06/13/2013

An EEG cap has been tapped to control a robotic plane with the mind, making
it the first noninvasive mind-controlled device.

Bin He, a biomedical engineering professor at the University of Minnesota’s
College of Science and Engineering, used to call it the thinking cap: an EEG
cap that consists of electrosensors placed just over the scalp. However, this
cap has now become a potent key to medical devices, particularly for those
who suffer disabilities.

By just thinking about hand motions, researchers in He’s laboratory at the
University of Minnesota have been able to pilot a remote controlled aircraft
with their minds alone. These thoughts have been translated into control
signals, sent through a wifi network in order to control the four-blade
flying robot.

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http://www.mddionline.com/article/mind-controlled-medical-devices-it-may-happen-sooner-you-think

Links:
Bin He
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~binhe/bhe.htm

Quadcopter control in three-dimensional space using a noninvasive motor imagery-based brain–computer interface 
http://iopscience.iop.org/1741-2552/10/4/046003/article

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