Japan Introduces ‘Second Life’ Brain-Computer Interface
Keio University research students can use Japan's Prof. Junichi Ushiba,'s brain-computer interface technology in a university laboratory in Hiyoshi, Yokohama, near Tokyo.
The professor's technology monitors brain activity so players can move their avatars in 'Second Life' just by thinking of commands like:
1. forward,
2. right
3. left,
The interface uses electrodes attached to the user's scalp to sense activity in the brain's sensory-motor cortex.
The cortex controls body motions.
Software then translates the brain activity into signals that control the avatar.
But, can it write blogs, too if I ask it?
