After
having recorded your mental signals and having squeezed them through
nasty algorithms, after having solved the problems of multiple electrode
implantation, power supply, and large scale information processing
within a device that should not exceed a thumbnail in size, you now
have reached a stage where there are merely problems
of imagination... |
definitions /
components / history
of BCIs
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| the signals / build BCI 1 / build BCI 2 / build BCI 3 |
| components > build BCI 3 |

The eyes offer a simple and efficient way to give the brain feedback without such an artificial loop, but for complex tasks this is probably not enough. Think of someone with a BCI-controlled prosthesis who would want to use it at night, for example. If it is sufficiently dark he won't see his leg, so the visual feedback way is blocked. Being healthy, he could rely on his sensory system, but a simple prosthesis won't have one, at least at the moment. So the only chance are different, artificial modes of feedback. This is definitely a complex task, as it involves feeding information back into the brain. For such a BCI, the brain would not only "speak" a new language (EEG or firing rates of neurons), but also receive messages in yet another unknown language. But do not worry too much: All this might work, as nerve cells seem to be far more adaptive than previously thought. Feedback
matters (II)
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Learn about definitions of BCI, how to build your own one, and what the history of BCIs was like.

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