Sentences with phrase «computer brain signals»

As the Prius gets up to speed, the car's computer brain signals the gasoline engine to switch on, at which point the electric motor surrenders control in a seamless operation that is virtually undetectable.

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Standard neural prosthetics ferry signals from the brain's motion control center, the motor cortex, to a cable connected to a computer controlling the limb.

Like the router in a computer network, the brain's version can be reconfigured to send signals to different locations.

Various groups are working on developing wheelchairs, robots and computers that can be controlled by brain signals alone.

We might think that the brain works in a similar way to a computer: after all, even computers work through electrical signals.

University of Adelaide researchers have shown that it is possible for stroke patients to improve motor function using special training involving connecting brain signals with a computer.

A team led by Brown University neuroscientist John Donoghue has implanted sensors in the brains of four quadriplegic patients that connect signals from the motor cortex to output devices, thereby enabling paralyzed patients to move computer cursors, control robotic limbs, and operate wheelchairs.

The brain - computer interface extracts information from the brain signals about what movements he intends to make, then passes the information to command the electrical stimulation system.

House and Greger are still learning how to interpret those signals so that they can be read automatically within a brain - computer interface.

Kennedy is the chief scientist of Neural Signals, a company he founded in 1987 to develop a brain - computer interface, or BCI, though he prefers the term «neural prosthetics.»

It detects brain signals from inside a blood vessel near the motor cortex and relays those signals to a computer.

Following hours of practice, a computer learned to identify brain signals associated with different wrist and finger movements.

The device uses brain signals generated in the motor cortex to control a computer mouse directly, allowing him to communicate.

The array, called BrainGate, reads a pattern of brain signals and then sends them via wires to an external computer that translates it into a command.

Scientists in the US are planning to map the brain activity of the dragonfly as it hunts, using a specially built backpack to transmit electrical signals from the insect's active neurons to a computer.

Saatchi, which is owned by France's Publicis Groupe, SA, chose LifeStraw over a field of competitors that included a reusable controller to improve the distribution of IV fluids, a collapsible wheel that can be folded down for easier storage when not in use on bicycles or wheelchairs, an energy - efficient laptop designed for children in developing countries, a 3 - D display that uses special optics and software to project a hologramlike image of patient anatomy for cancer treatment, an inkjet printing system for fabricating tissue scaffolds on which cells can be grown, a visual prosthesis for bypassing a diseased or damaged eye and sending signals directly to the brain, books with embedded sound tracks to help educate illiterate adults on health issues, a phone that provides telecommunications coverage to poor rural populations in developing countries, and a brain - computer interface designed to help paralyzed people communicate via neural signals.

Scientists working at Korea University, Korea, and TU Berlin, Germany have developed a brain - computer control interface for a lower limb exoskeleton by decoding specific signals from within the user's brain.

In recent years, scientists have worked to create devices called brain - machine interfaces (BMIs) that can pick up these interrupted electrical signals and control the movements of a computer cursor or a real or virtual prosthetic.

Electrical and computer engineering Professor Barry Van Veen wears an electrode net used to monitor brain activity via EEG signals.

«They must have developed amplifiers that can amplify the signal better,» says Ethan Buch, a brain — computer interface researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health, who uses an EEG recorder with 64 sensors.

«The next phase is to wait for her brain to start misbehaving again so that the computer can be programmed to interrupt the dysfunctional signaling.»

A mess of wires conducts these signals from my brain to the computers, which — based solely on what I'm thinking — then relay instructions halfway across the room to my humanoid proxy: a shiny chrome robot named Morpheus, currently awaiting his next command.

We are also dedicated not only to enabling control over computers or robotic assistive devices, but — for people with spinal cord injury or stroke — working toward the goal of reconnecting brain to limb, allowing the powerful intracortical signals to activate fully implanted functional electrical stimulation devices, and re-enabling intuitive movement of one's own arm and hand.»

Sophisticated neuroimaging machines and brain - computer interfaces detect the electrical activity of neurons, enabling us to decode and even alter the nervous system signals that accompany mental processes.

In the computer model, the brain compensates for the shortage of signals by creating additional dopamine receptors.

«Our software is based on brain - inspired models that have proven to be most helpful to decode various natural signals such as phonetic sounds,» says computer scientist Robin Tibor Schirrmeister.

He received his Ph.D. in biomedical signal processing from UBC and is using this training to develop a direct brain - computer interface.

The concept involves converting brain activity, which is commonly recorded as electro - encephalographic (EEG) data, into computer control signals, with the goal of allowing a disabled person to control a computer by merely measuring his or her brain activity.

These interfaces pick up signals in the user's brain, bypass the damaged nerves, and allow the user to literally think his or her way through writing a letter on a computer screen or controlling a prosthetic hand.

The researchers also received detailed instructions on how to grapple with a major technical challenge: Electrodes in patients» brains often detect pulses from two or more nearby neurons at the same time, which may show up in the computer as one big signal.

Electrodes conduct the brain signals, which are then processed by a computer program and fed into the game.

In recent years scientists have dramatically improved the power of EEG by writing computer programs that compare recordings from multiple locations around the head and then calculate which regions of the brain are producing the signals.

But the process wasn't instant or intuitive; you needed the prerecorded sessions with Cathy Hutchinson to establish a map of her brain signals for the computer, right?

«In this study, a new «source analysis» method was used for the first time to measure functional networks in the infant brain: with the help of a computer model, the measured EEG signals were interpreted as activity in the infant cortex, which enabled the evaluation of the functional networking of neurons in a very versatile manner on the cortical level,» says Sampsa Vanhatalo, a professor in clinical neurophysiology and the head of the study.

The tiny chip interprets brain signals and sends them to a computer, which recodes and sends them to the high - definition electrode stimulation sleeve that stimulates the proper muscles to execute his desired movements.

«One of our main goals is to allow 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year control of a standard computer interface using only brain signals.»

«Our model is still incomplete, but the electrical signals produced by the computer simulation and what was actually measured in the rat brain have some striking similarities,» says Allen Institute scientist Costas Anastassiou.

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The BrainGate research was praised for «enabling a new understanding of human brain function and the development of a novel, fully - implanted platform neurotechnology capable of wirelessly transmitting large numbers of neural signals from multiple types of sensors for use in Brain Computer Interface, epilepsy monitoring, and neuromodulation applications.&rbrain function and the development of a novel, fully - implanted platform neurotechnology capable of wirelessly transmitting large numbers of neural signals from multiple types of sensors for use in Brain Computer Interface, epilepsy monitoring, and neuromodulation applications.&rBrain Computer Interface, epilepsy monitoring, and neuromodulation applications.»

Sorting out these assortments using advanced signal processing laid the groundwork for the brain - computer interface used by the University of Minnesota researchers, He said.

«We can tap into the signaling of an intact brain, the right side still unaffected by the stroke,» said Thy Huskey, a neurology professor at Wash U. «Those signals could signal through a computer, a device that can assist the right hand to move.»

Acquiring clearer, more robust data signals through neural probes is important for development of the CSNE's bi-directional brain - computer interface, which is envisioned to act as a neural bridge between the brain, spinal cord and injured areas of the body.

Studies show that electromagnetic fields from televisions, computers, wireless devices, and even exercise machines can interfere with brain and nervous system signals, disrupting slumber.

Apart from assisting in the metabolic reactions that make you feel alert, B12 is thought to protect the sheaths that cover nerves, so having inadequate levels is like letting the wires that run from the computer in your brain get frayed — the signals they carry won't get relayed efficiently.