I-Corps: Non-invasive real-time Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)

21世纪人类的主要发展之一是创造了新的方式，让人们能够与周围的世界互动和沉浸，例如触摸技术和虚拟现实。随着每一项新的发展，各领域的技术进步都很快。脑-机接口有可能将人与人之间的互动提高到一个新的水平。然而，目前的非侵入性脑技术在能力上极其有限。例如，在消费者端，目前的技术只允许基于冥想的应用程序。另一方面，更高能力的大脑技术价格昂贵，需要手术，可能需要数月时间才能学会使用。拟议中的项目将开发第一个低成本、非侵入性的脑机接口，允许对设备进行前所未有的实时控制。这将为每个人创造新的互动方式，并改变数百万严重残疾人士的生活。这个i-Corps团队将开发一种包括硬件和软件在内的消费产品。硬件将是一款耳机，它包括两个电极的脑后无线脑电(EEG)，以及视觉刺激和一个独特的软件，允许计算机仅使用大脑活动来检测和确定一个人？S的意图。该产品将允许实时控制，与侵入性方法相比具有类似的性能，所有这些都使用非侵入性、快速设置耳机和我们创新的脑信号处理算法。该产品在有严重损伤的人身上会起到更好的作用(准确度要高得多)，不需要眼睛凝视，而且只需5到10分钟就可以安装和学习使用。Brain-Computer接口产品可用于各种行业的操作员和设备之间的接口，如运输、航空航天、制造、教育、通信和医药。该团队打算将该技术应用于商业和工业电子控制、辅助技术开发商(例如轮椅控制)、脑机接口爱好者和研究人员、游戏玩家或游戏开发商和玩具制造商(例如虚拟现实)。

One of the major human developments in the 21st century is the creation of new ways to allow people to interact and immerse with the world around them, such as touch technology and virtual reality. With every new development, there has been rapid technological advancement across fields. Brian-Computer Interface has the potential to bring human interaction to a new level. However, current non-invasive brain technology is extremely limited in capability. For example, on the consumer end, current technology has only allowed for meditation-based applications. On the other hand, more highly capable brain technology is expensive, requires surgery and can take many months to learn to use. The proposed project will develop the first low-cost non-invasive brain-computer interface that allows for never before seen real-time control of devices. This would create new methods of interaction for everyone and also transform the lives of millions of people with severe disabilities.This I-Corps team will develop a consumer product including hardware and software. The hardware will be a headset that includes a two-electrode behind-the-head wireless electroencephalography (EEG), along with visual stimuli and a unique software that allows computer to detect and determine a person?s intent using only brain activity. The product will allow for real-time control with similar performance compared to invasive methods, all with a non-invasive, quick setup headset and our innovative brain signal processing algorithms. The product will function better (much higher accuracy) in people with severe impairments, does not require eye gaze, and can be set up and learned to be used in only five to ten minutes. The Brian-Computer Interface product can be used to interface between operators and equipment in a wide variety of industries such as transportation, aerospace, manufacturing, education, communication and medicine. The team intends to apply the technology in commercial and industrial electronic control, assistive technology developers (e.g. wheel chair control), Brain-Computer Interface enthusiast and researchers, gamers or game developers and toy makers (e.g. virtual reality).