A wireless brainwave-driven system for daily-life analyses and applications. Issue 8 (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hsu, Wei-Yen
• Is Part Of: Telematics and informatics. Volume 34:Issue 8(2017)
• Page Start: 1793
• Page End: 1801
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: Brainwave-driven -- Life analyses and applications -- Wireless -- Electroencephalogram (EEG); Telecommunication -- Periodicals; Computer networks -- Periodicals; Télécommunications -- Périodiques; Réseaux d'ordinateurs -- Périodiques; 384
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2017.09.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0736-5853

Abstract

Highlights: In the future, all hand-control things can be replaced with the use of brainwaves. A novel system is proposed with the most used functions controlled by brainwaves. An essential daily-use function is to remind us when we do something important. Results denote the system is effective and suitable for applications in our lives. Abstract: Smartphones have become more popular in our lives. We will no longer need to use our hands to control phones to do such things as take pictures, switch music, or make phone calls in the future; we will use our brains: all that can be controlled with the use of brainwaves instead. In this study, we implement a novel system that contains the most commonly used functions of a smartphone, including camera use and music play, with an app that uses brainwave controls. In addition, we also provide an essential daily-use function which can remind us to concentrate when we drive, study, or do something important. Under the proposed system, when the wireless brainwave instrument is worn, brainwave signals transfer to the smartphone via Bluetooth automatically and execute the aforementioned functions. Experimental results indicate that the present system is effective and suitable for such applications in our lives. In the future, some more related applications will be developed with brainwave control for practical daily-life uses.