SCIENTISTS DEVELOP WHEELCHAIR STEERED BY BRAIN WAVES ALONE
May 1st, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIESTEERING wheelchairs by brainwaves along may seem science fiction, but it may become a welcome reality for people suffering from paralysis with very limited mobility.Scientists working for the European Union (EU) funded research project MAIA have developed special software allowing a person to control wheelchairs mentally.They have developed a system tapping into neural networks, interpreting cerebral signals in real time, and linking it to a mechanism that responds to such instructions, steering a wheelchair with a high degree of accuracy. For ...
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