Thanks to the hard work of a few Russian
scientists, everyone might soon be able to use the
power of telekinesis.
They’ve created a special quadcopter that doesn’t
need external controls as it can be operated with
the power of thought. The user needs to put on a
special helmet that can read human thoughts and
translate them into machine-readable instructions,
telling the copter how high and far to fly.
The project was financed by Russia’s Foundation
for Advanced Research, an organisation that
supports research programs in the interest of
national defense. Neurobotics, a Zelenograd-based
company, worked on the copter’s design for many
years before developing a successful
prototype. “Commands, or ‘conditions’ as we call
them, are generated by the sensors on the head of
an operator,” Neurobotics director Vladimir
Konyshev explained. “The person thinks about
certain actions at right moments which the system
then recognises and identifies.”
One of the most notable features of the technology
is that it allows the user to multitask. “It is
important that the demonstrator who controls the
copter can do something else at the same time,”
he added. “Only then we can talk about a
technology that can be used for military purposes.”
So the scientists who are currently testing the
device are able to control it while going about
other activities simultaneously.
According to Vitaliy Davidov of the Fund of
Perspective Research Development of the Russian
Federation, the technology is important because it
has many other applications apart from controlling
drones or copters. “The possibilities for usage of
the neurointerface are also very interesting and
does not have to be exclusively used for the
copter,” he said.
Sources: Lenta, Sputnik and Oddity Central.
scientists, everyone might soon be able to use the
power of telekinesis.
They’ve created a special quadcopter that doesn’t
need external controls as it can be operated with
the power of thought. The user needs to put on a
special helmet that can read human thoughts and
translate them into machine-readable instructions,
telling the copter how high and far to fly.
The project was financed by Russia’s Foundation
for Advanced Research, an organisation that
supports research programs in the interest of
national defense. Neurobotics, a Zelenograd-based
company, worked on the copter’s design for many
years before developing a successful
prototype. “Commands, or ‘conditions’ as we call
them, are generated by the sensors on the head of
an operator,” Neurobotics director Vladimir
Konyshev explained. “The person thinks about
certain actions at right moments which the system
then recognises and identifies.”
One of the most notable features of the technology
is that it allows the user to multitask. “It is
important that the demonstrator who controls the
copter can do something else at the same time,”
he added. “Only then we can talk about a
technology that can be used for military purposes.”
So the scientists who are currently testing the
device are able to control it while going about
other activities simultaneously.
According to Vitaliy Davidov of the Fund of
Perspective Research Development of the Russian
Federation, the technology is important because it
has many other applications apart from controlling
drones or copters. “The possibilities for usage of
the neurointerface are also very interesting and
does not have to be exclusively used for the
copter,” he said.
Sources: Lenta, Sputnik and Oddity Central.
