On Human-Computer Interface (HCI)
I’ve recently become fascinated by the use of EEG/EMG for the purposes of brain-computer interfacing (BCI). This may seem as a giant leap from the traditional interface methods which we’ve become accustomed to: keyboard, mouse, voice, touchscreen, but in reality, is BCI really that far fetched?
Electroencephalography (EEG) is not a new concept, but it seems to be gaining popularity as of recent with Texas Instruments pushing their new front end for ECG/EEG and companies such as NeuroSky (www.neurosky.com), Emotiv (www.emotiv.com), and OCZ (linky) releasing EEG technology oriented at gaming.
Working on this would be a mindful as developing the technology required would involve medical & electrical engineering, psychology, physics, computer science and neurology.
There will be a Stanford conference conducted on this topic on May 16:
- “The Business of the Brain” http://www.vlab.org/article.html?aid=339
