On 5 June 2013, BBC Sci/Environment News reported:
Researchers have harnessed the power of thought to guide a remote-control helicopter through an obstacle course.
For the current work, five participants were selected to wear a simple “cap” that held 64 electrodes, using it to “teach” the computer the brain patterns corresponding to thoughts of movement – clenching of the left and right fist for turning left and right, clenching both fists to go up, and doing nothing to go down.
Then the computer was set up to run the helicopter over wi-fi, with only the participant’s thoughts at the controls.
“The brain-computer interface technology may ultimately not only help disabled patients but may also help the healthy population… not to restore loss of function but to enhance function beyond what we can accomplish.”
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