Actions such as turning on lights, control the television using the remote and the keys to open the door could go down in history thanks to a technology brain-computer interface (BCI) currently being developed in Europe and to enable users to perform these daily tasks only in thought.According publishes ICT in the European Commission in a release this technology, which was shown last March at the trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, is an innovative formula of control (mentally) of interconnected electronic devices.
Presence in virtual environments
Smart houses of the future could be governed only by the thoughts of its inhabitants. The advantages are apparent: the possibility, for instance, the autonomy of people with a physical disability or have pleasant zapping over to the couch.
According to Christoph Guger, CEO of Austrian medical engineering company g.tec, developing this application, the BCI technology will allow people to turn on lights, change television channels or open doors with just a thought. g.tec collaborates with a number of universities and research institutes within the framework of the project Presenccia, founded by the EU.
These universities include the University of Catalonia and the Pompeu Fabra University, both in Barcelona. The project goal is to incorporate initially Presenccia BCI technology to virtual environments.
To test has been created as a smart home fully functional virtual reality. According Guger, this house has a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room with ... anything that may have a normal home. Users can only move it to where they want to believe. "
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