Main navigation | Main content Neural interfacing systems have
great promise to augment nervous system function. The concept of
a neural interfacing system has been demonstrated recently in
the form of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) or brain-machine
interfaces (BMIs), which enable individuals to use their own
brain signals to control an external device through decoding,
translating, and actuating. Video (Left): Doud AJ, Lucas JP,
Pisansky MT, He B (2011) Continuous Three-Dimensional Control of
a Virtual Helicopter Using a Motor Imagery Based Brain-Computer
Interface. PLoS ONE 6(10): e26322.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026322. Figure (Right): Concept of
brain-computer interface for closed-loop control of a virtual
helicopter and prosthetic arm from decoding of non-invasive
brain signals of a human subject [Doud et al, 2011]. However,
brain interfacing systems of the future – those that can sense
and control biological function with a number of degrees of
freedom and can become truly integrated parts of the hum