All Articles Tagged As: brain interfaces

Researchers reconstruct 3-D hand movement using brain signals (3/5/2010)

Researchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way, according to a study in the March 3 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. This finding uses a technique that may open new doors for portable brain-computer interface systems. Such a non-invasive system could potentially operate a robotic arm or motorized wheelchair -- a huge advance for people with disabilities or paralysis. ...> Full Article

Brain-controlled cursor doubles as a neural workout (2/16/2010)

Electrodes on the surface of the brain show that using imagined movements to control a computer cursor can generate larger-than-life brain signals after less than 10 minutes of training. ...> Full Article

How to read brain activity? (12/7/2009)

The electroencephalogram is widely used by physicians and scientists to study brain function and to diagnose neurological disorders. However, it has remained largely unknown whether the electrodes on the head give an exact view of what is happening inside the brain. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, have now found a crucial link between the activity generated within the brain to that measured with EEG. ...> Full Article

Pushing through brain barriers (10/22/2009)

Case Western Reserve University scientist building nimble tools to monitor brain works ...> Full Article

Communicating person to person through the power of thought alone (10/8/2009)

New research from the University of Southampton has demonstrated that it is possible for communication from person to person through the power of thought alone. ...> Full Article

Brain develops motor memory for prosthetics, study finds (7/22/2009)

A new study by UC Berkeley researchers shows that the brain can develop a stable, neural map of a how to control a prosthetic device, providing hope that physically disabled people can one day master control of artificial limbs with greater ease. ...> Full Article

Reading the brain without poking it (6/30/2009)

Experimental devices that read brain signals have helped paralyzed people use computers and may let amputees control bionic limbs. But existing devices use tiny electrodes that poke into the brain. Now, a University of Utah study shows that brain signals controlling arm movements can be detected accurately using new microelectrodes that sit on the brain but don't penetrate it. ...> Full Article

'Neurologger' reads bird brains in flight (6/26/2009)

Using a "neurologger" specially designed to record the brain activity of pigeons in flight, researchers reporting online on June 25 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have gained new insight into what goes through the birds' minds as they fly over familiar terrain. The study is the first to simultaneously record electrical brain activity integrated with large-scale navigational movements of free-flying birds, according to the researchers. ...> Full Article

Brain-computer interface begins new clinical trial for paralysis (6/11/2009)

BrainGate, technology that allows the detection of signals from the brain and uses those signals to control assistive devices, is about to begin a second, larger clinical trial based at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. ...> Full Article

The first French software program enabling 'action through thought' (5/18/2009)

Operating a computer by thought alone was unimaginable 10 years ago, but this incredible feat is now possible. Financed by the ANR (the French national research agency) OpenViBE is the first French multi-partner project on brain-computer interfaces. With support from INRIA (the French national institute for research in computer science and control) and Inserm (the French national institute of health and medical research), OpenViBE has successfully perfected a free software program with highly promising applications. ...> Full Article

Researchers use brain interface to post to Twitter (4/20/2009)

In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter -- just by thinking about it. ...> Full Article

'Mind-reading' experiment highlights how brain records memories (3/13/2009)

It may be possible to "read" a person's memories just by looking at brain activity, according to research carried out by Wellcome Trust scientists. In a study published today in the journal Current Biology, they show that our memories are recorded in regular patterns, a finding which challenges current scientific thinking. ...> Full Article

Case Western Reserve researchers develop 'wireless' activation of brain circuits (2/26/2009)

Burda and Strowbridge offer firsrt report of brain stimulation using light-activated semiconductor nanoparticles ...> Full Article

Researchers develop neural implant that learns with the brain (6/26/2008)

Researchers have devised a way for computerized devices not only to translate brain signals into movement but also to evolve with the brain as it learns. ...> Full Article