Comment brain control is not new, but is it now cheap? (Score 1) 129
>The technology could one day replace remote controls and keyboards and perhaps
>help disabled people operate electric wheelchairs, beds or artificial limbs.
Companies such as Cyberlink, http://www.brainfingers.com/ have products that do this for years. I know, because one of the beta testers of my software eLocutor (that allows you to type with one button, http://holisticit.com/eLocutor/elocutorv3.htm) was an ALS patient who used it to communicate. The thing costs about US$ 2000, which is rather steep.
Is this product/technology substantially cheaper? Potentially? I would be very interested in trying out with autistic children, if they find it easier to communicate this way, than via the complex motor movements that speaking demands. Anyone tried this already?
Arun
>help disabled people operate electric wheelchairs, beds or artificial limbs.
Companies such as Cyberlink, http://www.brainfingers.com/ have products that do this for years. I know, because one of the beta testers of my software eLocutor (that allows you to type with one button, http://holisticit.com/eLocutor/elocutorv3.htm) was an ALS patient who used it to communicate. The thing costs about US$ 2000, which is rather steep.
Is this product/technology substantially cheaper? Potentially? I would be very interested in trying out with autistic children, if they find it easier to communicate this way, than via the complex motor movements that speaking demands. Anyone tried this already?
Arun
