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Health ICT Research & Innovation Innovation ICT Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing Austria Germany Italy United Kingdom Switzerlanddate: 12/12/2013
Project: Tools for Brain-Computer Interaction
acronym: TOBI
See also: CORDIS
Contact: Contact
TOBI will develop non-invasive BCI prototypes combined with other assistive technologies (AT) that will have a real impact in improving the quality of life of disabled people. These non-invasive BCI are based on electroencephalogram (EEG) signals.
The expected impact of TOBI is a wide-spread use of BCI assistive technology endowed with adaptive capabilities that augment those other AT they are combined with. In such a hybrid approach, users can fuse brain interaction and muscle-based interaction, or they can switch between different channels naturally (based on monitoring of physiological parameters or mental states).
4 application areas have been identified where BCI assistive technology can have a real, measurable impact, in terms of pre-clinical validation, for people with motor disabilities. The applications areas are:
- Communication and Control,
- Motor Substitution,
- Entertainment, and
- Motor Recovery.