TEDx Talks (2020)
Most brain-sensing/EEG devices have been limited to laboratory use for research studies. Traditional EEG devices are bulky, expensive, and are mostly stationary as users are connected to many cables and need to sit or lay relatively still while a study is being conducted. Companies have now started designing wireless brain-sensing devices that are more mobile, compact, and cost efficient. These devices are now available to consumers in the form of wearable headbands. Through these headbands, users are able to move around anywhere freely with the device on and have it still function like a proper EEG device. However, the capabilities of these devices are still limited and the technology is still underdeveloped as the focus has primarily been on helping people with health monitoring and tracking data such as heart rate and sleep quality.
The affordance of wireless brain-sensing technology becoming mobile offers immense potential to help enhance the brain and help people do more. From a research standpoint, scientists can study their subject's brain activity in a more natural environment as opposed to a lab. From a daily life standpoint, combining wireless brain-sensing technology with 5G, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things will open doors for many users. The devices will help people to accomplish tasks that they once were unable to do due to physical limitations and help people improve on what they are currently doing. Wireless brain-sensing technology has the potential to change the lives of its users, especially those whose lives are hindered by disabilities. The next sub-pages provide a glimpse to the potential that wireless brain-sensing technology has for the future for people living with disabilities.
The affordance of wireless brain-sensing technology becoming mobile offers immense potential to help enhance the brain and help people do more. From a research standpoint, scientists can study their subject's brain activity in a more natural environment as opposed to a lab. From a daily life standpoint, combining wireless brain-sensing technology with 5G, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things will open doors for many users. The devices will help people to accomplish tasks that they once were unable to do due to physical limitations and help people improve on what they are currently doing. Wireless brain-sensing technology has the potential to change the lives of its users, especially those whose lives are hindered by disabilities. The next sub-pages provide a glimpse to the potential that wireless brain-sensing technology has for the future for people living with disabilities.