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Brain-Powered Tech Allows Kids 'Trapped in Their Own Bodies' to Play
Brain-computer interface technology allows eight-year-old Giselle Alnaser to use her brain waves to move her wheelchair and play.
Credit: Christopher Katsarov/THE CANADIAN PRESS
The Brain Computer Interface program at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, Canada, develops technology that allows physically disabled children to use their minds to move and play.
While wearing a headset with electroencephalogram electrodes, a child is asked to think about something specific that will serve as a “command” thought, and then to relax their mind into a quiet, passive state, which serves as the “stop” thought.
The resulting electrical signals are saved on a computer, which is trained through AI to recognize these signals and start or stop whatever device to which it is connected.
From The Globe and Mail (Canada)
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