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Mind-controlled drone race a first for techno brain power at University of Florida

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Posted about 8 hours ago

Video: University holds mind-controlled drone race (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-27/brain-controlled-drones/7362850

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It was a test of concentration and brainwaves for US students at the University of Florida during what was billed as the first mind-controlled drone race.

Sixteen competitors wearing special headsets measuring the electrical activity of their brains used their powers of concentration to send drones down a nine-metre course to the finish line.


Photo: A competitor controls a drone with their mind at the University of Florida. (ABC News)

The students used a brain-computer interface (BCI) that enables a person to use brainwaves to control a computer or other device.

BCI programs are used to assist paralysed patients in using controllable prosthetic limbs.

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"It's the first of its kind. It's the future."
Professor Juan Gilbert
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"You start thinking and you hear that motor kick up and you know it kind of kicks you into a different mental state so you have to focus," said contestant Daniel Royer, a mechanical engineering student at the university.

Professor Juan Gilbert, chairman of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Department at the University of Florida, said they had been doing research on BCI and decided to connect it to drones for the race.

"The implications are far beyond the race," he said.

"It's fascinating. It's the first of its kind. It's the future."

Reuters

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-27/mind-controlled-drone-race-florida/7362172

Reuters video link .. http://www.reuters.com/video/2016/04/26/using-mind-control-to-fly-drones?videoId=368273646

Hmm, that video is on the same subject as the one in the article, looks different content.

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