Wheelchair Controlled Only by Thoughts (and LabVIEW ;-)

http://www.viroadshow.com/

Ever wish you could just think of something and it would happen? What if, more importantly, you were unable to speak, but still wanted the ability to communicate?

A group of engineering students at the University of Illinois (http://www.theaudeo.com) have developed an amazing technology that interperets the brain's speech signals using National Instrument's products. They used this technology to create a wheelchair that is controlled only by your thoughts.

You have to see it to believe it.

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[Adam Sporka]

Read his papers and THEN talk.

[whiskeyformymen]

its not fake, I know the guy. he's a genious

[gordon bird]

If your think alot harder, would you go alot faster?

[J Bowers]

AND they hired a villan to test it. lol

[artifex223]

Very impressive. Although the device is not exactly controlled by thoughts. It is controlled by electrical signals sent to the muscles of the vocal chords from the brain. Therefore, it is controlled by thoughts in roughly the same sense that playing pong is controlled by thoughts, since the thoughts control the hand that controls the joystick. I would not think that a locked-in individual would have the ability to control the muscles of their vocal chords enough for a device like this to work...

[turgo82]

i think its far from fake. Toyotas has Mind-Controlled Wheelchair so it is doable

[JoyBit]

Fake video.

[twowheels25]

next vid will be thought control wheelchair fail ,over the edge of grand canyon

[nagualdesign]

sapodobrasil, don't get your panties in a wad! Read what I wrote again. I'm not cynical, nor am I skeptical, I was laughing at all the plebs who write 'FAKE!' when they see a video that is blatantly REAL!!!

Also, I think that it is highly LIKELY that a scientist would claim to be developing an application that would help millions of disabled people... Here's one now!

For help with reading and writing, contact your local education authority. (That was just a joke, by the way!)

[psychoholiday]

O'Doyle rules!

[darkphotn]

They made another version with "thought to speech" capabilities. It's no hoax.

[nagualdesign]

Looks like he was veering into the wall as he tried to head off down the corridor. Maybe you can only execute one control at a time. Steering while moving would be the next logical step.

Check out the world's first 'voiceless' phone call on newscientistvideo!

('FAKE!' - Hahaha...)