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The Brain-Computer Interface Becomes a Defined Research Field
From From Brain Signals to Digital Speech: The Evolution of Brain-Computer Interfaces
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The Brain-Computer Interface Becomes a Defined Research Field
Jacques Vidal framed direct brain-computer communication as an engineering problem and introduced the term brain-computer interface.
Vidal asked whether measurable brain signals could carry information to a computer quickly enough for real-time control. This changed the question from observing the brain to building a closed system that records a signal, decodes it and produces an external action.
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