Xinhua reported on 27 May 2024, a stroke patient who donned a brain electrode cap was attempting to lift a bottle from the table using her fingers and an additional “sixth finger” device mounted on the wrist.
The neural engineering team at Tianjin University, China has crafted an innovative finger-worn device, leveraging non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) technology to harness the patient’s brainwaves, enabling stroke patients to mentally “command” an extra digit.
Also, the device serves to revitalize the patients’ compromised central and peripheral nervous systems, thereby facilitating the rehabilitation of hand motor functions.
Mei Jie, a member of the neural engineering team at Tianjin University, China, has uncovered additional potential within the BCI system. After six months of dedicated effort, he has successfully engineered a drone that can be controlled by brain signals.
“We have achieved for the first time the continuous brain control of a drone in four degrees of freedom,” said Mei. “This technology holds expansive potential for applications in various fields, including the identification of distant targets, thorough environmental surveillance, and the monitoring of anomalies.”
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