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    Brain Computer Interface

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    A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) allows direct communication between the human brain and external devices like computers and prosthetics. BCIs detect electrophysiological signals produced by brain activity and translate them into control signals. This enables people with paralysis or injuries to control things like computer cursors or motorized wheelchairs just by thinking. BCIs work by detecting the tiny electric signals generated by neurons during mental activity. Researchers are exploring applications of BCIs like enabling thought-based control of devices and assisting those with conditions that disrupt normal brain-body communication pathways.

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    A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) allows direct communication between the human brain and external devices like computers and prosthetics. BCIs detect electrophysiological signals produced by brain activity and translate them into control signals. This enables people with paralysis or injuries to control things like computer cursors or motorized wheelchairs just by thinking. BCIs work by detecting the tiny electric signals generated by neurons during mental activity. Researchers are exploring applications of BCIs like enabling thought-based control of devices and assisting those with conditions that disrupt normal brain-body communication pathways.

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    A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) allows direct communication between the human brain and external devices like computers and prosthetics. BCIs detect electrophysiological signals produced by brain activity and translate them into control signals. This enables people with paralysis or injuries to control things like computer cursors or motorized wheelchairs just by thinking. BCIs work by detecting the tiny electric signals generated by neurons during mental activity. Researchers are exploring applications of BCIs like enabling thought-based control of devices and assisting those with conditions that disrupt normal brain-body communication pathways.

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    A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) allows direct communication between the human brain and external devices like computers and prosthetics. BCIs detect electrophysiological signals produced by brain activity and translate them into control signals. This enables people with paralysis or injuries to control things like computer cursors or motorized wheelchairs just by thinking. BCIs work by detecting the tiny electric signals generated by neurons during mental activity. Researchers are exploring applications of BCIs like enabling thought-based control of devices and assisting those with conditions that disrupt normal brain-body communication pathways.

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    Brain Computer Interface

    Introduction

    A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) provides a new communication channel


    between the human brain and the computer.The 100 billion neurons
    communicate via minute electrochemical impulses, shifting patterns sparking
    like fireflies on a summer evening, that produce movement, expression, words.
    Mental activity leads to changes of electrophysiological signals. The
    BCI system detects such changes and transforms it into a control signal . In the
    case of cursor control, for example, the signal is transmitted directly from the
    brain to the mechanism directing the cursor, rather than taking the normal route
    through the body's neuromuscular system from the brain to the finger on a
    mouse. By reading signals from an array of neurons and using computer chips
    and programs to translate the signals into action, BCI can enable a person
    suffering from paralysis to write a book or control a motorized wheelchair or
    prosthetic limb through thought alone Many physiological disorders such as
    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or injuries such as high-level spinal cord
    injury can disrupt the communication path between the brain and the body. This
    is where brain computer interface comes into play contributing for beneficial
    real time services and applications .

    What is Brain Computer Interface

    The Wonder Machine – Human Brain

    The reason a BCI works at all is because of the way our brains function. Our
    brains are filled with neurons, individual nerve cells connected to one another
    by dendrites and axons. Every time we think, move, feel or remember
    something, our neurons are at work. That work is carried out by small electric
    signals that zip from neuron to neuron as fast as 250 mph. The signals are
    generated by differences in electric potential carried by ions on the membrane
    of each neuron. Although the paths the signals take are insulated by something
    called myelin, some of the electric signal escapes. Scientists can detect those
    signals, interpret what they mean and use them to direct a device of some kind.
    It can also work the other way around. For example, researchers could figure
    out what signals are sent to the brain by the optic nerve when someone sees the
    color red. They could rig a camera that would send those exact signals into
    someone's brain whenever the camera saw red, allowing a blind person to "see"
    without eyes.

    Applications

    One of the most exciting areas of BCI research is the development of devices that
    can be controlled by thoughts. Some of the applications of this technology may
    seem frivolous, such as the ability to control a video game by thought. If you think
    a remote control is convenient, imagine changing channels with your mind.

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