During the experiment, called the Network Brain Machine Interface, a person only had to imagine the movements that he makes with his right or left hand in order to translate thought into real action.
The apparatus for controlling objects with the power of thought was invented by ATR scientists in Kyoto, Japan, according to Japanese media. The device looks like a hat with wires and sensors, they read the slightest vibrations of the circulatory system and brain impulses.
During the experiment, called the Network Brain Machine Interface, a person only had to imagine the movements that he makes with his right or left hand in order to translate thought into real action.
So, during the experiment, with one power of thought, without moving, a person could make a wheelchair go in the right direction, open the curtain, turn on and off the TV and the light in the room.
Information about brain impulses is read by a device placed in a wheelchair, and from there it is sent to a database, where it is analyzed and from where an order comes to one or another object in the room, also equipped with a reading device.
It now takes six to 12 seconds to turn thought into action, but the developers expect to bring the speed to one second in three years. The accuracy of order execution is 70-80%.
According to the company's plan, industrial production of this device can be started by 2020. The device should make life easier for people with reduced mobility, lonely and elderly people.