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The work could help expand the applications of brain-machine interfaces.
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The work could help expand the applications of brain-machine interfaces.
This newly developed sensor robot might sound like something from science fiction: Put on a specialized, electronic headband and control a robot using the mind.
It sounds like something from science fiction: Don a specialized, electronic headband and control a robot using your mind. But now, recent research published in ACS Applied Nano Materials has taken a step toward making this a reality. By designing a special, 3D-patterned structure that doesn’t rely on sticky conductive gels, the team has created “dry” sensors that can measure the brain’s electrical activity, even amidst hair and the bumps and curves of the head.
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