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BMEDC Develop EEG Video Game to Help Rehabilitation

Published: Jan 02,2014

BMEDC develop a gaming system with EEG and somatosensory control technology, organized the“heart int

Biomedical Engineering Research and Development Center (BMEDC) of China Medical University Taiwan, develop a gaming system with EEG and somatosensory control technology, organized the“heart interpersonal brainwave war gaming contest”with Institute of Information Industry (III), to make more in-depth understanding of the IT industry around the actual needs of physically disabled and developed more human assistive technology and games.

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BMEDC established in 2010, is put into the neural rehabilitation technology research from that time, and applied its research to the development of "nerve rehabilitation facilities" and "the daily entertainment products". The items of this competition "Space Bear", "fight rats" and "ultra-distance racing force limit" are the results from BMEDC.

There are 14 students with severe disabilities from National Hemei Experimental School participating this competition, in order to obtain good results, not only practicing precise movements of hand, as well as efforts to control not drool, more students completely changed habits during this period, thus participate gaming competition are very attractive to children.

"Although my hand is not convenient to get something, but I use my clever brain to play the game, so I have a chance to become a good gamer!" contest student said.

Parents accompany their children to participate in the contest, said: "The first thing he shared with me is his practice situations after school, and he said it very excited, as well as to represent the school to join the competition, so I'm so touched."

Li Jin Bao, director of III ,aid that over the years, III has been combined with the IT and EEG technology, and set brain training websites, through 2D materials, multiplayer, 3D, eye movement, somatosensory and other brain training, to help user maintain their memory, attention, language, disorientation abilities, also provides medical care facilities, Alzheimer's Disease Association, and disadvantaged students to use these technologies.

In the future, hoping to combine more diverse technology, bring more people to join the rehabilitation of disabled and neural rehabilitation equipment research, create business opportunities in Taiwan brainwave industry, Li Jin Bao said.

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