Mind Control

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It’s my nature to be unusually excited by things like this, but I think there are far reaching possibilities for this development. The Neural Systems Lab at the University of Washington is working towards a brain-computer interface that will enable “sophisticated control and interaction with the environment, using very simple selection-based interfaces that can be operated using brain waves alone.”

The current system allows the robot to use computer vision to locate and identify possible sources of interaction. The robot then relays a “question” to the human, who is connected to a brain monitoring apparatus consisting of non-intrusive EEG electrodes, who responds when the robot has shown him the object he wants to interact with simply by thinking.

It seems to me that the possibilities for this are amazing, especially for the handicapped. Forget about eye movement sensors, just think that you want the door opened or the keys picked up. It obviously has room for improvement, but the concept is really cool.