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BCI: Bridging Brain and Technology

A brain-computer interface (BCI) allows for direct communication between the brain and an external device. It works by acquiring brain signals, processing them, and using them to control devices. There are invasive BCIs that use implanted electrodes for high quality signals, non-invasive BCIs that use EEG, MEG, or MRI for poorer but safer signals, and partially-invasive BCIs that are a middle ground. Potential applications include helping paralyzed people control wheelchairs or prosthetics, enhancing gaming, monitoring attention, and controlling robots in dangerous environments.

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BCI: Bridging Brain and Technology

A brain-computer interface (BCI) allows for direct communication between the brain and an external device. It works by acquiring brain signals, processing them, and using them to control devices. There are invasive BCIs that use implanted electrodes for high quality signals, non-invasive BCIs that use EEG, MEG, or MRI for poorer but safer signals, and partially-invasive BCIs that are a middle ground. Potential applications include helping paralyzed people control wheelchairs or prosthetics, enhancing gaming, monitoring attention, and controlling robots in dangerous environments.

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What is BCI?

Brain -Computer Interface


-Direct Neural Interface or Brain-Mac
hine Interface

Direct communication pathway between


a brain and an external device.
Introduction
• Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a fast-growing
emergent technology, in which researchers aim to build a
direct channel between the human brain and the
computer.

• A Brain Computer Interface (BCI) is a collaboration in


which a brain accepts and controls a mechanical device
as a natural part of its representation of the body.

• Computer-brain interfaces are designed to restore


sensory function, transmit sensory information to the
brain, or stimulate the brain through artificially generated
electrical signals.
How does it work?
Signal Acquisition

Signal Processing

Devices
BCI Model
Model
How it works
BCI Approaches
Simple introduction
of the brain

Focus on cortex
Data Acquisition
Invasive BCIs
Non-Invasive BCIs
Partially-Invasive BCIs
Wireless BCIs
Invasive BCIs
Implanted: grey matter
Signals: highest quality
Scar-tissue build-up
Target:
◦ repairing damaged sight
◦ providing new functionality to person
s with paralysis
 Artificial Vision System
Electrode Arrays
Non-Invasive BCIs
poor signal resolution
power muscle implants and restore
partial movement
Interfaces
◦ EEG
◦ MEG
◦ MRI
Partially-Invasive BCIs
Implanted: skull
lower risk of forming scar-tissue
in the brain
Signal quality between invasive B
CIs & non-invasive BCIs
Wireless BCIs
More practical
Embedding multiple chips
◦ More complicated thoughts
Transmission with RF
key requirement: keep the heat do
wn
Applications
• Provide
disabled people with communication,
environment control, and movement restoration.

• Provide enhanced control of devices such as


wheelchairs, vehicles, or assistance robots for people
with disabilities.

• Provide additional channel of control in computer


games.

• Monitor attention in long-distance drivers or aircraft


pilots, send out alert and warning for aircraft pilots.

• Develop intelligent relaxation devices.


Applications
• Control robots that function in dangerous or
inhospitable situations (e.g., underwater or in extreme
heat or cold).

• Create a feedback loop to enhance the benefits of


certain therapeutic methods.

• Develop passive devices for monitoring function, such


as monitoring long-term drug effects, evaluating
psychological state, etc.

• Monitor stages of sleep


Examples of BCI
Honda Asimo
Control
Gaming Control
Monkey operating a robotic arm wi
th BCIs

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