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Hello, if anyone from this team is reading this and needs a quadriplegic geek with experience beta testing would massively benefit from this technology. Let me

Hello, if anyone from this team is reading this and needs a quadriplegic geek with experience beta testing would massively benefit from this technology. Let me know. This could make my life 3.7 million percent easier. Seriously.

rory096 8y ago
Would it work at all (assuming your quadriplegia is spinal cord related)? It functions by measuring signals sent from the brain at the forearm: >How does it do that? By measuring changes in electrical potential, which are caused by impulses that travel from the brain to hand muscles through lower motor neurons. This information-rich pathway in the nervous system comprises two parts: upper motor neurons connected directly to the brain’s motor center, and lower axons that map to muscle and muscle fibers. Perhaps it could be configured to work with neck muscles instead?
- escapologybb 8y ago
  Hello, Fortunately, like most Quads I have some movement below the level of injury. If you're that way inclined, here's a YouTube video of the amount of positive control I have over my body below the neck (My Range of Movement [1]). It's using that and my voice that I can post here, work, bother Sam Harris on Twitter etc etc. So ideally it would go on my finger, or somewhere on my lower forearm such that I could use both my finger and the muscles in my lower arm to do different things. I definitely could not have anything wrapped around my neck as it's too fragile, and the thought of having something wrapped around my neck gives me horrors. Maybe scalp muscles could be used, that would be cool. Thanks [1]:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjnBpiirfr7LL-mUk9uSpZw/videos?disable_polymer=1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjnBpiirfr7LL-mUk9uSpZw/vid...
  - wlesieutre 8y ago
    A product like Muse might be useful as a headband interface http://www.choosemuse.com/developer/#sdk http://www.choosemuse.com/developer/#sdk Key Features • Discover and connect to all Muse headbands • Receive raw EEG, accelerometer, gyroscope, and battery data • Leverage built-in algorithms for band powers, eye blinks, and jaw clenches • Record and/or playback data to and from a file • Full documentation It’s geared toward mobile, but I imagine you could have an iOS/Android companion app that acts as a remote for a computer over Bluetooth/WiFi. I tried a quick search to see if anyone was working on this as a general input device for people who can’t use mouse/keyboards but it didn’t turn anything up.
  - rory096 8y ago
    Neat, TIL. Thanks.
- xellisx 8y ago
  Which you pointed out the fallacy of the title, since I could say a mouse and keyboard is controlled by my since its the electrical impulses that trigger muscle movement which are being transposed to the computer input.

rory096 8y ago

Would it work at all (assuming your quadriplegia is spinal cord related)? It functions by measuring signals sent from the brain at the forearm: >How does it do that? By measuring changes in electrical potential, which are caused by impulses that travel from the brain to hand muscles through lower motor neurons. This information-rich pathway in the nervous system comprises two parts: upper motor neurons connected directly to the brain’s motor center, and lower axons that map to muscle and muscle fibers. Perhaps it could be configured to work with neck muscles instead?

escapologybb 8y ago
Hello, Fortunately, like most Quads I have some movement below the level of injury. If you're that way inclined, here's a YouTube video of the amount of positive control I have over my body below the neck (My Range of Movement [1]). It's using that and my voice that I can post here, work, bother Sam Harris on Twitter etc etc. So ideally it would go on my finger, or somewhere on my lower forearm such that I could use both my finger and the muscles in my lower arm to do different things. I definitely could not have anything wrapped around my neck as it's too fragile, and the thought of having something wrapped around my neck gives me horrors. Maybe scalp muscles could be used, that would be cool. Thanks [1]:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjnBpiirfr7LL-mUk9uSpZw/videos?disable_polymer=1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjnBpiirfr7LL-mUk9uSpZw/vid...
- wlesieutre 8y ago
  A product like Muse might be useful as a headband interface http://www.choosemuse.com/developer/#sdk http://www.choosemuse.com/developer/#sdk Key Features • Discover and connect to all Muse headbands • Receive raw EEG, accelerometer, gyroscope, and battery data • Leverage built-in algorithms for band powers, eye blinks, and jaw clenches • Record and/or playback data to and from a file • Full documentation It’s geared toward mobile, but I imagine you could have an iOS/Android companion app that acts as a remote for a computer over Bluetooth/WiFi. I tried a quick search to see if anyone was working on this as a general input device for people who can’t use mouse/keyboards but it didn’t turn anything up.
- rory096 8y ago
  Neat, TIL. Thanks.
xellisx 8y ago
Which you pointed out the fallacy of the title, since I could say a mouse and keyboard is controlled by my since its the electrical impulses that trigger muscle movement which are being transposed to the computer input.