This Technology Will Allow People to Pilot Aircraft Using Their Brainwaves
Brainflight is a project that is bidding to pull the concept of brain-controlled drones out of the science fiction realm and bring it into reality. The project is the result of a collaboration between four organizations, and is developing drones that can be directly controlled by the human brain.
These drones are the result of technology that brings together cutting-edge neuroscience research with the latest in aeronautical engineering. The project itself explores two separate brain-computer interface approaches. Recently, the researchers carried out a demonstration in Portugal in which a person wearing an EEG (electroencephalography) device was able to pilot a small aircraft.
In the long term, brain-controlled drones could reduce the workload of pilots and allow them to focus on more complicated tasks, or could be used to help the physically disabled pilot aircraft.
These drones are the result of technology that brings together cutting-edge neuroscience research with the latest in aeronautical engineering. The project itself explores two separate brain-computer interface approaches. Recently, the researchers carried out a demonstration in Portugal in which a person wearing an EEG (electroencephalography) device was able to pilot a small aircraft.
In the long term, brain-controlled drones could reduce the workload of pilots and allow them to focus on more complicated tasks, or could be used to help the physically disabled pilot aircraft.
