Rise of Neuroprostheses Empowers Users to Perform Complex Tasks
From: Rehab Management - 04/01/2015

Technology is emerging that decodes intention directly from a user’s brain.
One of these devices is a brain-controlled wheelchair, currently under
evaluation to determine whether it can operate under the rigors of daily use
by individuals who are affected by varying types of disability.

The developer of this technology, José del R. Millán, a researcher based at
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland, describes
the wheelchair, and a similar generation of neuroprestheses, as
neuroprosthetic devices that decode brain signals via a brain-computer
interface (BCI) to determine an action the user wants to take. Advanced
robotics then do the work of the spinal cord in orchestrating the movement.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.rehabpub.com/2015/04/rise-neuroprostheses-empowers-users-perform-complex-tasks/
https://www.cogneurosociety.org/neuroprostheses_cns2015_pr/

Link:
The Rise of Neuroprosthetics: The Perception-Action Closed Loop
https://www.cogneurosociety.org/?page=invited_symposia