Mind-Controlled Wheelchairs!

Toyota has teamed up with a Japanese Research Lab to create an electric wheelchair that is controlled by thought. This breakthrough could be used to help severely disabled people, and those with debilitating musculature diseases.

A cap is used to scan brain waves which then turn that thought into an action for the chair. The subject would think of images produced on the computer screen that corresponded to actions such as turn right or left.

Early in the development of the wheelchair, it is already 95% accurate, and with practice it becomes almost perfect. Further research could possibly lead to the subject being able to think letters and be able to spell out a word on the computer screen.

This is such a great article because it demonstrates the incredible capabilities of the brain, which are still beyond our technological grasp. A Mind-Controlled wheelchair could be one of the greatest motor vehicles of all time.

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