Brain Computer Interface

“Shared Control” is the concept that drives brain-computer interfaces.  With a neuro-prosthetic arm, for instance, movement is a shared function between a computer and the wearer’s brain.  In an advanced version of this idea, researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale (Lausanne, Switzerland) have figured out how the computer can interpret the human’s intention and thereby relieve some of the brain’s need for close concentration, or, in maintaining concentration, to carry out multiple commands.  Somehow this seems reminiscent of Uri Geller bending spoons.         MORE

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