Mind control technology reads thoughts, prompts a robot's actions
By Corey Binns Posted 06.12.2009 at 6:01 am 4 Comments

Mind Control A sensor-equipped 
skullcap detects electrical signals to
 let a patient control a robot by
 thought alone Courtesy American Honda Motor Co.

What: Brain-Machine Interface by Honda, which lets you control a humanoid with your mind
Where: Tokyo
Why: Disability affects one in five Americans.
Wow: Requires no surgical implants and boasts a 90 percent accuracy rate

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Science, Corey Binns, brains, disability, future of medicine, future of robots, july 2009, machines that heal, robots
Honda's new Brain-Machine Interface helmet gives you the power to communicate telepathically with humanoids. It reads your thoughts by measuring changes in electrical current and blood flow in the brain. Say you imagine moving your right hand toward the sky, but you can't actually move your right hand. Electrodes inside the skullcap detect your intention and transmit the mental data to Honda's Asimo robot, which makes the movement for you. For people confined to a wheelchair or bed, the technology could offer real independence. According to Honda spokesman David Iida, it's the only mind-machine interface in the world that uses electroencephalography (EEG) and near-infrared spectroscopy sensors instead of surgically implanted electrodes. This is both less invasive and more accurate: The company says that Asimo follows instructions from the skullcap wearer 90 percent of the time.

The next design goal is to make the headgear less obtrusive.

Mind Control:  Courtesy American Honda Motor Co.

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4 Comments

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the sandbar
06/23/09 at 10:27 pm

Not to good. Maybe they could include a camera so you could control it without looking.

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jcbrown
05/18/10 at 4:35 am

I have to give it to them. The Japanese people are always far advanced despite the amount of pressure they had to face after the world war. They were obliterated and squeezed to the maximum. But then again it's Japan. They have a pride which is well known since the olden times. I think this pride and passion is what that has led them to invent such innovative things and this robot controlled by the mind is just another example. I really hope patients and mentally as well as physically handicapped people can benefit from this!They have not yet revealed the cost it took to build this one anyways Honda is just so stunning!

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Sirius
07/04/11 at 5:41 pm

A Fascist Regime exist guilty of carnying out Experiments on Humans – using brain implants- to interfere with the mind- to mind control follow - Twitter as @Siriushc / Bizeso as Hiten / prefspot as Hiten Chudasama & read my pdf files and blogs – Fascsim1.blogspot.com

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