Tag: BMI

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a strange cyborg rat that they hope will help them develop a brain-machine interface (BMI) for controlling motorized wheelchairs. The so-called RatCar is a motorized vehicle that suspends a rat below it and is hooked up via electrodes inserted in the rodent's motor cortex. The rats were then trained to move the cart simply by thinking about ...

If you're like us, those New Year's resolutions have already gone out the window. But if losing a few pounds was on your list, there might still be hope. A group of Swedish scientists have developed a device that monitors your eating pace, and chides you if it gets too quick. According to My Digital Life, the "Mandometer" is an electronic scale that you place underneath your plate. The scale ...

Sorry, that's not actually Dark Helmet, it's a researcher demonstrating the latest Brain Machine Interface (BMI) cooked up for robotics. While it's not looking too portable, it's a far nimbler setup than the original MRI Scanner first concocted by Honda to control robots in near real-time back in 2006. This time, Honda Research Institute in coordination with Advanced Telecommunications Research ...