Advanced Computer Controlled Brain

With the latest technology, the computer can understand the users to read their minds. What sounds like science fiction is already through the first test - in a flight simulator.

Pilot sitting in the flight simulator and using EEG cap (a cap that comes electrodes read brain activity) has been successfully fly a plane without using hands - just by imagining the joystick in mind.

It would trigger a reaction related media 'science fiction-style mind control,' but the application of this technology is still for decades - and even then will only intended pilots with disabilities.

Five research teams involved in projects funded by the EU Brainflight have different goals with the application in the near future.

Public interest

The technology developed Fricke and his team can facilitate the work that uses computers - by providing PC access to the thoughts and feelings of the wearer through the brain-computer interface (BCI).

"We can create a new interface that takes into account more information about the user, such as tone of voice, gestures, “said researcher Brainflight, Thorsten O. Zander. "Today when I communicate with a computer system, usually I gave a direct order: I typed something or move the cursor."

Computers have not been able to record user frustration when things do not work well, or impatience because a program is so slow. "With BCI, we can provide the missing information," said Zander. "The machine can estimate whether I'm busy, if I was happy with the existing situation, whether I am aware there is a problem."

Help doctors save lives

Tim Fricke said that "if you look at the history, many times seen that aviation research has pioneered new technologies."

Thorsten Zander want to research Brainflight utilized hospital. He is working on a system that can assist surgeons in the operating room using a brain-computer interface. The plan computer can take into account the state of mind surgeon and communicate to colleagues.

Drive car brain

Brain-computer interaction not only been tested in the air. Experiments monitor brain activity has also been applied to the car driver.

"The most attractive to car manufacturers is a computer that can detect when someone did not concentrate while driving, for example because they are sleepy," said Alan Blackwell of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge.

The driver of the car was also applied EEG cap and conductor skin, but it has been found that the camera mounted on the dashboard and the driver's eyes are directed to the most suitable technology for detecting drowsiness.

Blackwell stressed that researchers should not be too hasty. "I imagine what will be done by technology for humans it is necessary. The head may dreamily, but the legs must remain grounded."