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Brain.me: Low-Cost Brain Computer Interface Methods for AAL Scenarios

Authors : Niccolò Mora, Valentina Bianchi, Ilaria De Munari, Paolo Ciampolini

Published in: Ambient Assisted Living

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

A Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is an alternative/augmentative communication device that can provide users with an interaction path, based on the interpretation of his/her brain activity. Such technology, applied to AAL contexts, could potentially have a major impact on daily-living, extending the ageing at home paradigm also to users with severe motor impairments, for whom the interaction with the surrounding environment is troublesome. In this paper, a low cost BCI development platform is presented and its performance assessed by means of an illustrative application example using SSVEP paradigm to switch on and off lights. Comparison against other SSVEP signal processing methods in literature is also made.

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Title: Brain.me: Low-Cost Brain Computer Interface Methods for AAL Scenarios
Authors: Niccolò Mora
Valentina Bianchi
Ilaria De Munari
Paolo Ciampolini
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Ambient Assisted Living
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-18373-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-18374-9

Copyright Year: 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18374-9_34