BCI-aware pervasive multimedia for motor disabled people

Abstract

Assistive technologies have a major impact in the life of people with severe neuromuscular diseases in order to provide or extend functional abilities of people with special needs. Such technologies promote independent life, social inclusion and improve quality of life of disabled people. Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is a recent technology that allows the direct communication between the brain and the environment. The development of systems that integrates BCI, smart devices and pervasive services enables motor disabled people to control devices anytime and anywhere. This paper presents an architecture for the development of BCI-aware pervasive systems to control multimedia devices. The user needs an electroencephalography (EEG) device and a smart device to interact with any multimedia device. This paper brings the implementation of a BCI-aware pervasive system that enables users to control the XBMC media center to play music or videos.