Ερευνητές του Πανεπιστήμιου της Μινεσότα, με επικεφαλής τον τεχνικό βιοϊατρικής Bin He, εργάζονται για τη βελτίωση του σχεδιασμού και της λειτουργικότητας μιας προηγμένης συσκευής interfacebrain-computer interface (BCI), which will be used to control a quadcopter as a means of guidance flights and will uses brain impulses alone.
In general, a BCI device has an array of electrodes, like those used for EEG, that are able to pick up and interpret the electrical signalthem from the human brain, and will use them to control lights, electrical appliances, a mouse on a computer screen, wheelchairs and apparently, quadcopters.
The team is developing the BCI device in the hope that it could once be used to rehabilitate people with severe disabilities. The device was developed with funding from the American National Science Foundation (NSF).
The team uses a BCI receptor equipped with 64 electrodes that are capable of collecting very little detail from the electrical activity of the human brain. A specialized software interprets these signals, and sends the directions to the quadcopter via Wi-Fi.
