© Justin Souter 2009 1
CAN WE UNLOCK LOCKED-
IN SYNDROME?
Justin Souter
27/05/2009 [Souter Consulting Limited] – but in a personal capacity

2 This is a call for help
I’m looking for assistance to potentially create a
system to help someone with a profound
disability
This is something I want to take forward at a
very gentle pace because of other commitments
© Justin Souter 2009 27/05/2009

Scenario
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 We know someone with Locked-in Syndrome
 The Groom can only communicate by blinking
 We went to their wedding
 Groom used a tool called My Tobii
 The family is fairly traumatised because of what
happened
 Hypothesis
 Use headset to communicate with the world
© Justin Souter 2009 27/05/2009

Content to review
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 Video of The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
 http://www.thedivingbellmovie.co.uk/
 My Tobii -
http://emotiv.com/corporate/1_0/1_1.htm
 My first blog post on this -
http://wellbanked.blogspot.com/2008/03/divin-
bell-and-butterfly-irl-1.html
© Justin Souter 2009 27/05/2009

Videos from Emotiv
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 Wheelchair demo -
http://emotiv.com/INDS_2/inds_2_1.html
 Trade show -
http://emotiv.com/INDS_2/inds_2_2.html
 Developer overview -
http://emotiv.com/corporate/1_0/1_1.htm
 Emotiv detections -
http://emotiv.com/corporate/1_0/1_1.htm
© Justin Souter 2009 27/05/2009

Emotive has an SDK (Emotiv site)
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 The Emotiv SDK gives  Elemnts of SDK
developers  The Affectiv™ suite
unparalleled access to measures discrete
a user's mind. emotional states.
 The Emotiv EPOC™  The Cognitiv™ suite
platform showcases detects conscious
thoughts.
the latest
 The Expressiv™ suite
advancements in
can identify facial
Brain-Computer expressions in real-
Interface (BCI) neuro- time.
technology.
© Justin Souter 2009 27/05/2009

(sort of) Call to action
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 Realistically I don’t  Eating an elephant
want to send hares  Byte-sized chunks
running  Elephant eating party
 But I’d like to  Need for
gradually explore sensitivity, not
possibilities intrusive etc.
 I don’t have a budget
 Please could I have
some gentle pointers?
© Justin Souter 2009 27/05/2009

Souter Consulting Limited
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 What can I do for you?
 Please contact me to see how we can work
together!
 Justin Souter
 Justin.souter@souterconsulting.eu
 http://twitter.com/souterconsults
 http://souterconsulting.eu
 07717 725504
© Justin Souter 2009 27/05/2009