Brain Controlled Wheelchair for Quadriplegics
- Pre-Seed
Lock down syndrom, quadraplegia and many other disabilities leave its patients completely conscious but unable to control their body, we want to use brain computer interface to enable such patients to control a wheelchair and the ability to move around independently and maybe even control more in the near future
Handicapped patients, taking quadriplegia patients for example, who have partially or totally lost the ability to use their limbs and torso due to illness or injury in the spinal cord and therefore
unable to use a conventional joystick, currently have limited ways of controlling a wheel chair such as by blowing air into a sensor or through a chin stick. Realizing that both methods can be
exhausting, we came up with the idea of building a brain controlled electric wheel chair, the patient thinks about where the wheel chair is to go, and then it heads in that direction.
We have also enhanced the capabilities of this system by using various types of motion and proximity sensors along with Kinetic to provide feedback to the wheelchair system
regarding its surroundings and thus the ability to avoid obstacles in the direction of motion. Another important feature being added to the system is automatic transmission of messages
to the mobile phone of an assistant or relative to alert them about some difficulties faced by the user such as low-battery of wheelchair and displacement of brain signals detector.
We will allow quadriplegia patients become more independent, we'll take them one step further in the journey of becoming productive members of society,
and we'll allow them to release their locked potential, WE MIGHT JUST BE GIVING HOPE TO THE NEXT Stephen hawking!
currently patients with the mentioned disabilities usually have to depend on others for every small aspect of their lives, from eating and brushing their to teeth to even just simply moving around, which could have a huge negative impact on that persons emotions and would discourage them from further pursuing their dreams and growing their natural talents that could be really beneficial to the society and maybe even humanity
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hope to give hope back hope to quadriplegics and other people with disabilities stopping them from perusing their dreams and growing into productive members of our society.
tracking number of people who use this solution to go through rapid rehabilitation. - In the United States, about 450,000 people are living with SCI. There are about 12,000 new SCIs every year, and the majority of them (82 percent) involve males between the ages of 16-30. These injuries result from motor vehicle accidents (36 percent), vio
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Upper middle income economies (between $3976 and $12275 GNI)
- Male
- Female
- Europe and Central Asia
- Middle East and North Africa
- US and Canada
- Digital systems (machine learning, control systems, big data)
- Electrical engineering
- Imaging and sensor technology
- Robotics
- Something so new it doesn’t have a name
most of our targeted patients develop breathing difficulties, making existing solutions as blow senor unpractical, our solution utilizes a fully functional brain and bypasses the broken nerve link casues by the disease/injury.
since we have access to patients brain activity, we can furthur develop the idea to allow him to control more than just the wheelchair, we can have him control house appliances through a smart home system connected to his brain computer interface system.
we can partner with hospitals and charity organizations to provide our solutions to those who need it.
- 4-5 (Prototyping)
- United Arab Emirates
investors
peoples resistance to change and unconventional solutions
- 1 year
- 6-12 months
- 18+ months
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- Human+Machine
- Future of Work
- Brain Augmentation
- Neurodegenerative Disease
- Digital Health
start a revolution in assitive technology and encourage others to use existing technology to create creative application that would increase the quality of life for those who are in need
no current partners
no similar solution available commercially yet
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