The Brain Twitter Interface

The Neural Interface Technology Research and Technology Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison built a direct brain interface for Twitter.

More info at: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/20...

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[valcaron]

But there's a contradiction -- one of the requirements to be a Twitter user is to not have a brain. So why is this research being done?

[Adam Fagaly]

Stephen Hawkings could benefit...he can only type 4 words a minute using his cheek muscle (the last thing he can move besides his eyes) ...soon he'll probably have to rely on this technology to keep the ability to communicate...poor guy, he's got a lot of will power to go on like he has progressively becoming more paralyzed over the last 40 years, i was surprised to learn he has kids of his own...and married twice O_o

[undusklabe]

cool vid!!

[r0zwell]

awesome.



[missgiggler5]

this is not good for a project needs sounds and makes no sense!

[NotASocialCommentary]

Yay, now even cripples and retards can use Twitter.

[reynouts]

Great! I am also using BCI to allow people to play Frets on Fire/Guitar Hero with their brains! I study Artificial Intelligence in the Netherlands. My blog is at wordpress, name: reynouts, also on twitter! Hook up if you like.

[Randy Harnarinesingh]

The computer, by combing temporal segments of the EEG post-intensification can distinguish the communicated letter from the non-target stimuli.

[Randy Harnarinesingh]

It's called a Brain Computer Interface (BCI). The Electroencephalogram acts as the medium of brain-computer communication in this instance. This EEG-BCI is based on the P300 neurophysiological protocol and exploits the Speller Matrix Paradigm for the communication of letters (brain-based typing). The P300 is evoked when the user gazes at the letter they wish to communicate. Therefore it is evoked twice for 6 row and 6 column intensifications.