Thinking device

Despite being surrounded by a variety of communication aids, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking decided to test iBrain, the new generation thinking device.

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Attached to the strap around his head, iBrain is part of an experiment to allow Dr. Hawking, a long-term paralysis of Lou Gehrig's disease, to communicate with the outside world with the power of thought. This is a new generation of nerve devices and algorithms, produced to monitor and diagnose conditions such as sleep apnea, depression, autism. The San Diego invention, based in San Diego, the iBrain specifically attracted the attention of experts as a potential alternative device for expensive and time-consuming measuring systems. use. According to The New York Times, lead researcher Philip Low, 32-year-old neurologist, the device allows data collection in everyday activities without causing much trouble for patients.

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iBrain uses a single channel to record brainwave signal, which varies according to different activities and thoughts, or comes from pathology due to brain disorders. However, rough waves are difficult to read because they are forced to run through many folds of the brain and to the skull. Therefore, Dr. Low offers an algorithm to decipher these brain waves. As for the experiment, with the participation of astrophysicist Hawking, Dr Low, his team hopes to determine whether Hawking can use thought to create a consistent and repeating pattern. , so that the computer can translate into a word or command. For example, when Hawking was asked to imagine using his right hand to squeeze the ball, although in fact no part of this expert's body could move, the motor cortex still issued commands and created So brain waves.

Dr Low said he had noticed a change when he asked Hawking to think about the action mentioned, thanks to an algorithm called Spears . The team's first results were harvested at a time when Dr. Hawking's ability to communicate was being phased out as the disease got worse. The 70-year-old physicist, owner of important theoretical premises in modern physics, now takes more than a few minutes to deliver simple messages. In order to interact with the outside world, he uses a pair of infrared glasses to collect convulsions in his cheeks and the computer interprets these jerks as words. The sound eraser will emit Dr. Hawking's computer voice. Intel is currently developing a new facial recognition software that can track any slight movement on the face to make it easier for him to communicate.

NeuroVigil is planning to repeat the trial with many subjects with Lou Gehrig's disease, as well as other neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Low hopes to complete this meaningful reading device soon to help those who are sick, especially physicists with impressive Hawking brains, be able to reconnect with the surrounding community.