A home automation system that is controlled by “thought” is close to being released. Designed to recognise thinking like “I want to listen to music”, scientists in London are confident that they have an offering that actually works according to Science Daily.
A home automation system that is controlled by "thought" is close to being released. Designed to recognise thinking like "I want to listen to music", scientists in London are confident that they have an offering that actually works according to Science Daily.
The Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) uses electrodes attached to the scalp that allow the user to turn lights off and on, change the channel on the TV or open a door "by just thinking about it," claims Chris Guger the CEO of the project.
Originally developed by an Austrian medical engineering company, to assist the disabled, the BCI has now been developed for the mass consumer market with several international universities now testing BCI technology in a SmartHouse.
Guger said "People are able to move through [the virtual smart home] just by thinking about where they wanted to go."
The electrodes are similar to the ones used by doctors for an Electroencephalogram (EEG). According to Science Daily, the BCI learns to identify the "distinctive patterns of neuronal activity produced when they imagine walking forwards, flicking on a light switch or turning up the radio."
