Bin He

[Airicist]

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

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Bin He on Wikipedia

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Fly High with Your Thoughts: A Systems Neuroengineering Approach - Bin He, University of Minnesota
June 7, 2012

Systems Neuroengineering (sNE) is an emerging interdisciplinary field that uses engineering principles
and techniques to understand, repair, restore, enhance and otherwise exploit the properties of nervous
systems. We have explored a novel noninvasive neural interfacing system to decode humans’ intentions
from EEG signals based on principles of sNE. We have demonstrated the capability to control the flight
of an AR.Drone by the “thoughts” of human subjects. Experimental studies have been conducted to
delineate mechanism of brain activation during motor imagery tasks. Novel techniques are developed to
reliably decode the extremely weak brain signals associated with the “thoughts” during motor imagery.
In this novel brain-machine interface, action is planned in the human’s brain, signals decoded and
transformed into control signals that are transmitted via a wireless network to control continuously the
flight of an AR.Drone. This work demonstrates the potential for enhancing functions of healthy subjects
and for restoring capabilities of interacting and controlling the environment for disabled patients.