A Thought-Controlled Wheelchair

Sometimes you see things that make you believe the Sci-Fi future is coming along much more quickly than we expected.

This thought-controlled wheelchair is one of those things. With just a week of training, a computer system can be synced to a person’s brain patterns, allowing that person to control a wheelchair through thought alone.

With approximately 95% accuracy, and fail-safe mechanisms built in, this invention could potentially provide increased ease of mobility to persons with severe spinal cord injuries. Although it isn’t ready to be introduced to the general public yet, the prospect that this type of device is on the horizon is really encouraging.

What do you think – would you be willing to trust a machine controlled only by your thoughts? I think it’s exciting, but kind of scary too.