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Brain Computer

This document defines and provides background on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). It explains that BCIs allow direct communication between a human or animal brain and an external device, with one-way BCIs either sending or receiving signals but not both, while two-way BCIs could exchange information bidirectionally. The document outlines that research on BCIs began in the 1970s but the first human implants appeared in the mid-1990s, and now early implants exist designed to restore functions like hearing, sight and movement following years of animal testing.

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Brain Computer

This document defines and provides background on brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). It explains that BCIs allow direct communication between a human or animal brain and an external device, with one-way BCIs either sending or receiving signals but not both, while two-way BCIs could exchange information bidirectionally. The document outlines that research on BCIs began in the 1970s but the first human implants appeared in the mid-1990s, and now early implants exist designed to restore functions like hearing, sight and movement following years of animal testing.

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BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE

ABSTRACT

A brain-computer interface (BCI), sometimes called a direct neural interface or a brain-

machine interface, is a direct communication pathway between a human or animal brain

and an external device. In one-way BCIs, computers either accept commands from the

brain or send signals to it (for example, to restore vision) but not both. Two-way BCIs

would allow brains and external devices to exchange information in both directions but

have yet to be successfully implanted in animals or humans.

In this definition, the word brain means the

brain or nervous system of an organic life form rather than the mind. Computer means

any processing or computational device, from simple circuits to silicon chips. Research

on BCIs began in the 1970s, but it wasn't until the mid-1990s that the first working

experimental implants in humans appeared. Following years of animal experimentation,

early working implants in humans now exist, designed to restore damaged hearing, sight

and movement. With recent advances in technology and knowledge, pioneering

researchers could now conceivably attempt to produce BCIs that augment human

functions rather than simply restoring them, previously only a possibility in science

fiction.

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