RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

COMPUTER BRAIN INTERFACE

The merge between man and machine no longer exists only in the realm of science fiction. In the medical, educational and industrial sectors the use of neural implants and robotic enhancements has become a normality and betters the lives of many people. Even though we live in a mediated society, the merging of man and machine did not come to full fruitation in the communication sector. That is why Babel Research was passionate about creating an immersive communication device that would bring man and machine together.

In the last decennia a lot of research was done on direct neural interfaces. The knowledge gained from these experiments were essential to our own. W. Dobelle's research on recreating sight through the use of technology led us in 2010 to the successful display of high-resolution moving images before the eyes of our test subjects. In 2012 we accomplished to display sight and sound in the minds of our subjects with the knowledge gained from E. Miranda's experiment about the recordings of mental activity associated with music. After that we went a step further and through L. Farwell and E. Donchin's research about communication with computers, we created in 2014 an operating system that our subjects could control with their minds. And finally J. Donoghue, A. Schwartz and R. Andersen's research about a three-dimensional visual tracking system, helped us create a controllable tracking system in 2015 that could identify objects and display the information. Eventually we perfected these developments and in 2017 combined them into one communication device that we call the Computer Brain Interface (CBI).

This new medium is a non-invasive direct neural interface, which means it doesn't need an implant to work properly. The CBI consist of a small handheld computer and headgear that must be attached to each other. When the user puts on the headgear, both ends of the device must be placed on the temple regions. The CBI sends and receives electrical signals to and from the brain, which makes it possible to display sight and sound in the mind of the user. The information is projected before the eyes and can be controlled through an easy-to-use operating system. This results in a highly immersive experience that is unprecedented. The CBI incorporates previous media like the internet, television, film, telephone and radio. It also features a three-dimensional visual tracking system that uses the internet and the global navigation system Galileo to inform the user about certain objects, buildings and routes that can be taken. Furthermore all available information can be shared easily and quickly. Although Babel's CBI has just become available to the public, it's been very popular and is currently the best sold gadget around the world.