2. BRAIN FACTS
An adult human brain weighs on average about 1.5 kg
It is divided into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain
The dominant feature, cerebral cortex, is so large that it
overshadows every other part of the brain
Our brain can survive upto 4 to 6 minutes without oxygen before it
starts to die
There are 100 billion number of neurons in our brain
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5. HISTORY
HANS BERGER was the one, completely involved in this Brain-
Computer Interface(BCI), also called as Mind-Machine
Interface’s(MMI) invention
In 1924, he was the first to record human brain activity by means of
EEG
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7. BCI
Direct communication path between a brain and an external
device
Mind-Machine Interface (MMI), or sometimes called a direct neural
interface or a brain–machine interface (BMI)
BCI versus neuroprosthetics
The term "BCI" usually designates a narrower class of systems which
interface with the central nervous system
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8. How does it work?
Signal acquisition
Signal processing
Devices
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11. Invasive BCIs
The target of this is to repair damaged sight
Provides new functionality to persons with paralysis
Also artificial vision system
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18. Future Vision
Now, only on laboratories – future will be on factory
Enlarges it’s boundary
Nursing and medical treatment will be benefitted more with Brain-
Computer Interface
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19. The BCI Award
Cuntai Guan, Kai Keng Ang, Karen Sui Geok Chua and Beng Ti Ang,
from A*STAR in Singapore, with their project "Motor imagery-based
Brain-Computer Interface robotic rehabilitation for stroke", won the
BCI Award 2010
The award comprises of 3000 USD
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