Remote person control

Researcher Richard Fitzpatrick ' controls ' a blindfolded person. ( Scientists have announced in Nature on August 7 that they can control the movements of others with the remote control system like a remote television.

Together with neurologist Stefan Glasauer of the Ludwig-Maximilians University (Germany), Richard Fitzpatrick of Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute tested GVS (galvanic vestibular stimulation) technology to remotely control the direction of people Blindfolded in a park in Sydney. GVS controls the state of equilibrium and the movement of people traveling by resistive systems is applied behind their ears.

According to the explanation of scientists, when going, we must keep the body balanced vertically while moving in the right direction. To accomplish this complex process, the brain must manipulate information from audiovisual senses combined with many other factors. But when walking with obscured eyes or in the dark, the ears are the key sense of balance for the body and make sure they are in the right direction.

Currently, Richard's team can control blindfolded people to walk smoothly without tilting. However, the only obstacle of GVS is that when going back and forth obstacles, to avoid the risk of falling, the controlled person must be inclined to tilt his head back and forth.

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