Source: Israel21c
A new Israeli-developed tool enables the disabled to send emails by thought alone, and could revolutionize the world of mind-controlled computing
The able-bodied can blast off an email in seconds, while eating a sandwich and calming a baby. But those less deft with their digits, such as the disabled, may not even be able to email let alone do those side tasks.
Hoping to give more dignity and communications possibilities to the disabled, a trio of students from an Israeli university developed a program that connects brain waves virtually to a computer interface. They call it MinDesktop, and their prototype application could revolutionize mind-controlled computing the same way Windows changed the accessibility of personal computing.
Taking an off-the-shelf technology, the three Ben-Gurion University of the Negev undergraduates have developed a new graphical user interface (GUI) to help the physically challenged use their thoughts to send emails, surf the Web, turn on media players and communicate with their computer and the outside world.
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