EEG-BCI
Our Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) team, Adrien Combaz, Nikolay Chumerin, Arne Robben, Marijn van Vliet and Nikolay Manyakov, headed by prof. Marc Van Hulle, works on EEG-based BCIs. An example of such system is braintyper or mindspeller, which allows to "brain-type" characters on a computer using only brain activity (see demo videos below). For the experiments we use a prototype of a wireless 8-channel EEG device developed and provided to us by IMEC.
Our P300-based mind-speller is described in details in our LNCS paper: Chumerin, N. et. al (2009). P300 detection based on Feature Extraction in on-line Brain-Computer Interface. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5803/2009, pp. 339-346.
Demo videos
A SSVEP-based simple maze game.
A working demo of a brain-typer BCI system based on steady-state visually evoked potentials (SSVEP).
A working brain-typer BCI system based on P300 cognitive potential.
A demo-movie of a brain-typer BCI system based on steady-state visually evoked potentials (SSVEP), which we are currently working on.
Media coverage on our EEG-BCI
2010-05-10 Вести.ru Мозг подключат к ноутбуку
2010-05-06 Риановости: Ученые разработали прибор для чтения мыслей
2010-05-0x CampusInsight: MIND SPELLER: Award winning device converts brain signals into words
2010-05-06 Риановости: Чтение мыслей по приборам
2010-03-03 Игромания: Печатать силой мысли – теперь реально?
2010-03-03 IMEC: Portable, easy-to-wear mind speller - Typing words with your brain
2010-03-03 Flanders Today: “Mind-reading” technology will help patients communicate
2010-03-02 LaGazette: A l'Université de Louvain, on a testé le PC qui lit vos pensées
2010-02-26 Het Laatste Nieuws: IK HEB HNNGER [pdf]
2010-02-26 Het Nieuwsblad: De gedachtenlezer werkt echt [pdf]
2010-02-26 Het Belang van Limburg: Hersenspeller leest gedachten
2010-02-25 De Morgen: Dit toestel weet wat u denkt [pdf].
2010-02-25 VRT: r1vandmindspeller250210.
2010-02-25 De Standaard: 'Gedachtelezer' helpt woorden spellen
2010-02-24 Campuskrant Gedachtelezer kan nu ook woorden spellen
2010-02-24 King Baudouin Foundation: Progress for people with motor disabilities. SWIFT Prize to the K.U.Leuven
2010-02-25 Niewsblad.be
2010-02-25 ALS Liga Belgie
2010-02-25 www.zita.be