California-based company Smartstones has developed an exceptionally innovative technology that brings together a wireless connected EEG headset with an assistive communication smartphone app to make it possible for people who don't have the ability to speak to communicate non-verbally.
The so-called 'think to speak' technology works by monitoring, reading and deciphering the user's brain activity before translating brain waves into phrases that are then uttered via the smartphone app. Developed as part of a collaboration with non-profit organization Pathpoint, this communicative technology allows for commands to be customizable so that users can assign specific phrases to different kinds of movements.
This technology intelligently combines the best features of EEG headsets and smartphone apps to assist people living with ALS, autism and cerebral palsy and help them communicate better with the people in their lives.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- EEG Headsets
- Opportunity for developing more advanced EEG headsets that can monitor, read, and decipher brain waves for various applications.
- Assistive Communication
- Disruptive innovation opportunity in developing smartphone apps that enable non-verbal individuals to communicate through brain wave translation.
- Non-verbal Communication
- Opportunity to create new technologies that revolutionize non-verbal communication methods for individuals with speech impairments.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Healthcare
- Disruptive innovation opportunity in the healthcare industry to develop technologies that enhance communication for individuals with speech impairments.
- Technology
- Opportunity for the technology industry to create advancements in EEG headsets and assistive communication apps for a variety of users.
- Non-profit
- Opportunity for non-profit organizations to collaborate with technology companies in developing innovative solutions for non-verbal communication.
