BackHome
Brain-neural computer interfaces on track to home – Development of a practical generation of BNCI for independent home useThe long term goal of rehabilitation is resettlement back in the community away from institutional care. BackHome will conceive, research, design, implement and validate person-centred solutions to end users with functional diversity. Knowing the person’s needs will be a core part of the project focus. Social research techniques will be conducted in order to provide a continuous flow of user-based knowledge that will be crucial to ensure the alignment between the project outputs and the requirements of people. BackHome will provide Assistive Technology (AT) solutions to research and develop systems for assisting people with severe disabilities. The AT embedded within BackHome will include BNCIs, environmental control systems and a range of other technologies which are usually classified as ambient intelligence and which can provide a considerable support to make BNCI solutions really work in environments with a lack of human support. BackHome main goal is to help end users –who want to use BNCI tools– to accomplish goals that are otherwise impossible, difficult, or create dependence on a carer. BackHome will further help the end user support community – including doctors, nurses, family members, AT centers, and other people who want to provide the best possible tools for their patients or loved ones. |
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BackHome will also cover specific research on the potential applicability of the system in different scenarios and the benefits provided to additional target groups: quadriplegics, hemiplegics; people affected by speech disorders, such as aphasia; people with dementia; people affected by visual and hearing functional diversity; people affected by cognitive functional diversity, such as Alzheimer or Parkinson diseases; minimum response people or locked-in persons.
