http://mindhacks.com/2006/03/18/mind-controlled-pong/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:46:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2006/03/18/mind-controlled-pong/#comment-8051 Wed, 31 May 2006 19:01:10 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/mind-controlled-pong/#comment-8051 Berlin Brain Computer Interface is apparently developed by Fraunhofer Institute and Berlin Charite and the video shows a demonstration that was attended by the then German Minister for Education and Research Mrs. Bulmahn.
The German government is funding this research.
Further steps will be a non-touching EEG.
See more at http://www.bernstein-zentren.de/de/105.php – in German actually.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2006/03/18/mind-controlled-pong/#comment-8050 Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:41:31 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/mind-controlled-pong/#comment-8050 It seems legit, assuming this video does actually display a demonstration of Berlin Brain Computer Interface (BBCI) technologies. You were correct to identify EEG recordings as the input to the computer that controls the board movements. The specific signals used are the EEG signatures corresponding to motor intentions. Apparently BBCI has also developed a machine learning algorithm that allows it to hone in on individual, idiosyncratic versions of these EEG signatures.
Some links:
http://ida.first.fraunhofer.de/bbci/index_en.html
http://www.eurescom.de/message/messageDec2004/The_Berlin_Brain_Computer_Interface.asp
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/info-tech/dn8826.html
More in-depth material can be found using Google:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=berlin+brain+computer+interface&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=berlin+brain+computer+interface+pong&btnG=Search

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