A robotic wheelchair which can be controlled by the brain is being developed by a team at the University of Zaragoza in Spain. A person’s head is hooked up to electrodes and then presented with a visualization of their movement options. Computer software then looks at brain activity while a person concentrates on the movement they would like the wheelchair to take. The computer works to correlate the brain activity to the presented option and the wheel chair responds.
Brain Controlled Wheelchair Offers New Possibilities for the Paralyzed
