Researchers Have Made A Car You Can Control With Nothing But Brain Power
The original idea behind this fascinating project - the work of a team of researchers in Tianjin - was to create a system that would allow disabled people to drive cars. It uses 16 sensors to pick up EEG (electroencephalogram) signals emitted by the brain, which are then ‘translated’ by a computer programme into movement orders.
Beyond the question of mobility for disabled people, it’s also being billed as something you’d combine with autonomous driving, rather than a system that could eventually give you outright control. That’s why distraction wouldn’t be an issue: you’d only be ‘sending’ the car commands to do things like set off, change lanes or turn off a road.
The technology is still quite limited, too: this prototype version - built into a Great Wall Haval (nope, me neither) - is only capable of moving forwards, backwards, or coming to a stop. Oh, and you can lock and unlock it with your mind too, if you wish.
Source: Reuters via World Car Fans
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Okay. I’ll be honest here, this is awesome. It’s cool that we humans are able to do this. But what if you have a bit of road rage, and think: “I’ll ram him off the road!”, and the car actually does it? I can’t see this working properly.
I dont think the car would understand and react to these thoughts xDDDD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR5BfQ4rEqQ
I’m like “Cmon. Drift it like I’m Takumi Fujiwara”. *proceeds to wrap around a tree
Do a gutter run!
Lmao
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But what if you think about this?
…it’d stop stupid drivers at least.
The ones so dump that they can’t actually control the car.
Some things are best done by action. Imagine the effort it would take to parallel park in multi story building without hitting anything.
This seems like a really bad idea, what happens when you see your dream car going the other way? I don’t know about you guys but I usually turn and stare as it goes by. Does this mean that the car will suddenly try and do a u - turn?
What are the things the “driver” has to do in order to give inputs? Think about something? Do something? (like contracting a specific muscle?) How does the “driver” create the signals received by that system?
i wish you could actually just think of the car as your body and the car would move as you imagined