{"id":28423,"date":"2016-07-29T00:48:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T07:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/algoma-professor-develops-way-to-send-emails-using-only-your-mind"},"modified":"2017-06-04T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T17:02:41","slug":"algoma-professor-develops-way-to-send-emails-using-only-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/algoma-professor-develops-way-to-send-emails-using-only-your-mind","title":{"rendered":"Algoma professor develops way to send emails \u2014 using only your mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XYDJ7Evr2A4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Back in 1992; me and another peer who worked with me on ORNL\u2019s ELIMS use to wish we had this technology then. And, now it looks like we\u2019re getting closer to this capability.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>An Algoma University professor has made strides in developing technology that lets ALS patients compose emails without typing.<\/p>\n<p>Computer science professor George Townsend has developed the P300 Speller, a device that measures and reacts to the brain\u2019s \u201csurprise element\u201d to recognize of letters of the alphabet.<\/p>\n<p>The interface consists of an EEG (electroencephalogram) amplifier, an electro-cap made of spandex, and small metal electrodes that are placed over the scalp.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/sudbury\/p300-algoma-professor-1.3690917\">http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/sudbury\/p300-algoma-professor-1.3690917<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 1992; me and another peer who worked with me on ORNL\u2019s ELIMS use to wish we had this technology then. And, now it looks like we\u2019re getting closer to this capability. An Algoma University professor has made strides in developing technology that lets ALS patients compose emails without typing. Computer science professor George [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28423"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60997,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28423\/revisions\/60997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}