Hatchback Hyundai learned to control the power of thought Bashny.Net

Hyundai has built hatchback i20, which can be controlled by the power of thought. The experiment is part of a campaign Driven By Optimism ( «Slave optimism"), in which the manufacturer wants to "challenge of everyday life" with "new technologies in conjunction with the human spirit».




In the experiment, a special headset that reads EEG brain was used and transforms it into simple commands. Then they were sent to a computer that controls actuators. Positive thoughts have activated the accelerator, and the abstract, neutral, brake. Steering headed engineer, who is in the back row.



The test car, managed by thought, attended Atlantic Endeavour crew members, who this December will be released at the start of the 5000-kilometer rowing race Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge on the Atlantic Ocean, and has lost sight Marc Elcock not vodivshy car for 15 years, and life coach Anna Rey.

Earlier experiments with driving power of thought put the US firm Touch Titans, and in 2011 the development of such a system, Nissan announced in conjunction with the Higher École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.