System to cost less than $200.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: Imagine controlling your mouse by tilting your head where you wanted the cursor to go, raising your eyebrows to left click, and hard blinking to enable a right click.
If that sounds like the ultimate in ergonomics to you, imagine no further. Engineering students at Cal State Fullerton are working on technology to do just that, reported the Orange County Register. Their goal is to develop a system to help those with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, to access the Internet and communicate with people electronically.
ALS, also referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The affliction can cause muscle weakness in limbs and can affect speech, breathing, and swallowing as well.
The CSUF project, titled “Low-cost brain-computer interface based wireless electronic communication system for ALS patients,” is being led by Cal State Fullerton associate professor of computer engineering Kiran George, according to the Register.
“Due to the aggressive and progressive nature of the disease, [people with ALS] are unable to leave the house,” George stated. “Simple tasks such as Internet browsing and electronic communications via social and media outlets allow them to stay connected to friends and family, and help them interact with fellow [people with ALS].”
The most challenging part of the project has been keeping the cost of the device reasonably low, George explained. Ideally, the group would like the system to cost less than $200; similar systems can cost thousands of dollars.
The team is working to make the device as impactful, user-friendly and low-cost as possible, George said.
George holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (2007). His research interests include VLSI and FPGA implementation and measurement for wideband communications and digital microwave receivers, Computer-aided design, verification and testing of VLSI circuits and systems, specifically in digital, mixed-signal IC, and system-on-a-chip (SoC) and Nanoelectronics. His contribution in this field has been demonstrated by several IEEE publications.
George was the main graduate project assistant for the Receiver-On-a-Chip(ROC) project funded by Air Force Research Laboratory(AFRL). At CSUF, he established a state-of-the-art VLSI lab and developed new courses in VLSI and Nanoelectronics.
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Made a very important ( revolutionary and unpublished ) discovery – invention-the1.first practical device for reading human thoughts / аппарат для чтения мыслей человека/human mind reading machine / Brain Computer Interface. This discovery is certainly ( exclusive ) exceptional, revolutionary nature! In particular, I have created a means for people with Locked – in Syndrome(LiS) and such as British physicist Stephen Hawking ( ALS ) problem. But I can’t publish my discovery ( защитить свои авторские права ) and I invite partnership. Thank you. Сурен Акопов. Email : tyristcheget@gmail.com /
About the problem look,for example, at YouTube.
1.’ Jack Gallant, human mind reading machine ‘ .
2.’John – Dylan Haynes, human mind reading machine ‘.
3.’mind reading ‘, ‘brain decoder ‘etc.
4. Tom Mitchell and Marcel Just, Marvin Chun etc.
Данное открытие сделано мною в марте 2013 года …