Brain-Machine Interface Allows Wheelchair to Navigate a Cluttered Room With ‘Mind Control’

Image by Rox_buwa from Pixabay. Article by Christopher Plain. The Debrief – November 21, 2022.

A new brain-machine interface (BMI) lets patients navigate a wheelchair through a crowded room using only the power of mind control. The researchers behind the new BMI say it takes some training to become proficient, and not all patients were successful. The researchers also point out that their BMI mind control-driven wheelchair uses a non-invasive headband to interpret brain signals instead of a more-invasive implant like the more well-known Neuralink championed by Elon Musk. […]

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