Tag: interfaces

  • Brain-computer interface creates text on screen by decoding brain signals associated with handwriting

    Brain-computer interface creates text on screen by decoding brain signals associated with handwriting

    Scientists with the BrainGate research collaborative have, for the first time, used an implanted sensor to record the brain signals associated with handwriting and used those signals to create text on a computer in real time. In a study published in the journal Nature, a clinical trial participant with cervical spinal cord injury used the…

  • Plug-and-play brain–computer interface

    Plug-and-play brain–computer interface

    Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) offer the potential for people with severe motor disabilities to control external assistive devices with their mind. Current BCI systems are limited, however, by the need for daily recalibration of the decoder that converts neural activity into control signals. Researchers at the UC San Francisco Weill Institute for Neurosciences have now employed machine…

  • Robot waiters controlled by people with paralysis

    Robot waiters controlled by people with paralysis

    Whether it’s autonomous delivery bots dropping off pizza, robo-bartenders, or automated waiters, it’s clear that robots have a growing place in the food industry. But a new Japanese pop-up cafe located in Tokyo offers a far more uncommon — and potentially transformative — spin on this premise. Called Dawn ver.β, the temporary eatery is staffed…

  • Devices with feeling: shapes in mid-air

    Devices with feeling: shapes in mid-air

    A UK startup has developed tactile technology that allows users to “feel in mid air”, which it hopes will have profound implications on the emerging field of virtual reality (VR). Bristol-based Ultrahaptics intends to overcome one of the biggest obstacles to creating a truly immersive experience by integrating the sensation of touch to the technology. “We’ll never…