brain-computer interface

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

The Conversation 22 Jun 2017

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...

Assistive robot operated via a brain-computer interface

Filippo Arrichiello 16 Nov 2016

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...

Can a brain-computer interface convert your thoughts to text?

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 01 Nov 2016

By Srividya Sundaresan, Frontiers Science Writer Ever wonder what it would be like if a device could decode your thoughts into actual speech or written words? While this might enhance the capabilit...

Cybathlon: A bionics competition for people with disabilities

Robert Riener 06 Sep 2016

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...