brain-computer interface

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

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

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...

01 November 2016, by Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

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