BCI

Helping or hacking? Engineers and ethicists must work together on brain-computer interface technology

A subject plays a computer game as part of a neural security experiment at the University of Washington. Patrick Bennett, CC BY-ND By Eran Klein, University of Washington and Katherine Pratt, Unive...

22 June 2017, by The Conversation

Assistive robot operated via a brain-computer interface

Research and development of robotic assistive technologies has gained tremendous momentum in the last decade due to several factors such as the maturity level reached by several technologies, the adva...

16 November 2016, by Filippo Arrichiello

Cybathlon: A bionics competition for people with disabilities

Millions of people worldwide rely on orthotics, prosthetics, wheelchairs and other assistive devices to improve their quality of life. In the United States alone, there are more than 1.6 million peopl...

06 September 2016, by Robert Riener

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) livestream today

For the very first time, the 6th International Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Meeting Series will offer free remote attendance, via live-stream. Livestream will be available today, Monday 30 May,...

30 May 2016, by Robohub Editors

Robotic assistive devices for independent living

Autonomy is the soul of independent daily living, and a variety of assistive devices already exist to help people with severe physical disabilities achieve this. But many of them are designed to be us...

08 June 2015, by Kavita Krishnaswamy and Tim Oates

Open Brain-Computer Interface: An Interview with Conor Russomanno

Brain-computer interfacing (BCI) is a rapidly growing field that offers huge potential for many applications, such as medical grade BCIs to help people with sensory-motor disabilities. Currently, a nu...

08 September 2014, by Corrina Underwood and TechEmergence

Mind-controlled robotic legs? It’s possible | The Telegraph

A research group led by electrical and computer engineering expert Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal is working on a brain-machine interface that could enable users to control a pair of robotic legs with thei...

07 August 2014, by Hallie Siegel

The intersection of engineering and neuroscience: Dan Bacher on BrainGate and assistive technologies

Dan Bacher has always been fascinated by two things: electrical engineering and neuroscience. While these interests may seem divergent, the synthesis of them led him to Brown University’s BrainGate ...

01 April 2014, by Daniel Faggella and TechEmergence

The gateway to advanced neuroprosthetics: Jessica Feldman talks BrainGate and BCI

If the human brain is considered a computer, what does that mean for science and our lives? Could we repair damaged areas, replace damaged parts, or even upgrade our own minds? It might sound like lit...

07 March 2014, by Daniel Faggella and TechEmergence

Engineers build brain-controlled music player

Imagine if playing music was as simple at looking at your laptop screen. Now it is thanks to Kenneth Camilleri and his team of researchers from the Department of Systems and Control Engineering and th...

04 March 2014, by Daniel Faggella and TechEmergence