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Emerging BCI Opportunities from a Market Perspective

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Brain-Computer-Interfaces in their ethical, social and cultural contexts

Part of the book series: The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology ((ELTE,volume 12))

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Brain–computer interfaces have been improved dramatically over recent years and many new applications have been developed. This chapter describes some of the most important and interesting systems and concepts that are already available on the market or that will come to market soon: spelling, gaming, painting, avatar control, stroke rehabilitation, and functional mapping. With technology improvements, the real-time analysis of brain functions will allow many new applications in the coming years.

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  1. g.tec medical engineering GmbH, Sierningstrasse 14, 4521, Schiedlberg, Austria

    Christoph Guger & Günter Edlinger

  2. Cognitive Science Department, UC San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    Brendan Z. Allison

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Gerd Grübler

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    Elisabeth Hildt

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Guger, C., Allison, B.Z., Edlinger, G. (2014). Emerging BCI Opportunities from a Market Perspective. In: Grübler, G., Hildt, E. (eds) Brain-Computer-Interfaces in their ethical, social and cultural contexts. The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8996-7_7

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