Showing posts with label IAT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IAT. Show all posts

Monday, November 16, 2009

Brain-Computer Interface definition, Allison et al, 2008

"Brain-computer interface (BCI) systems are devices that allow people to communicate without moving. Instead, direct measures of brain activity are translated into messages or commands."

From the paper:
B. Allison, I. Volosyak, T. Lüth, D. Valbuena, I. Sugiarto, M.A. Spiegel, A. Teymourian, I.S. Condro, A. Brindusescu, K. Stenzel, H. Cecotti and A. Gräser. 2008. "BCI Demographics I: How many (and what kinds of) people can use an SSVEP BCI?". Proc. 4th International Brain-computer Interface Workshop and Training Course. Graz, Austria, September 18th-21st. pp 333-338.

They are all from Institute of Automation (IAT), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

You can also visit B. Allison's blog or I.S. Condro's blog (yes, that's me).
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Monday, October 5, 2009

The Next Uri Geller in CeBit 2008

In CeBit 2008, in Hannover, the IAT from Uni Bremen were placed in some corner. It is quite a convenient place. People went around passing that corner. That is the reason we could get 106 subjects in a week.

This video shows how I tested the spelling program before doing experiment with random subjects. You will see the stimulator with 5 flickering boxes: Left, Right, Up, Down and Select. In the middle, there are letters which we can choose to build a word. The hardwares used are notebook, EEG amplifier called g.USBamp from Guger Technologies, EEG electrodes and EEG cap. The news can be seen in Science Blogs.


Link: The next REAL Uri Geller




FYI, Uri Geller is a mentalist who like to bend spoons. He is famous in Germany.
And The Next Uri Geller is a TV show in Germany.

BrainRobot in CeBit 2008

In March 2008, BrainRobot research group of the IAT of the University of Bremen went to the CeBit in Hannover. We conducted a study of SSVEP-based BCI application there. We were doing experiments whether people can spell words using their brain wave: EEG. We got 106 subjects.

Below is the video about what happened in CeBit.

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The result of the experiments can be seen in Allison, et al, 2008, "BCI Demographics: How many (and what kinds of) people can use an SSVEP BCI?", Proc 4th International Brain-computer Interface Workshop and Training Course, Graz, Austria, pp 333-338.