From the 2nd to the 6th of March, Barcelona Digital Technology Centre was present in the CeBIT (Hannover, Germany), the greatest telecommunications and technologies fair of the world, where will show their latest research projects related to the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), among them is the European BrainAble project, directed to improve the autonomy of people with physical disabilities.
The 3D technology, the incorporation of intelligence with domestic electrical appliances, the energy savings, and the fast Internet connections will be very present in the fair in which they come together with 4,157 businesses from 68 countries. Spain is the guest country of this edition, and will have an institutional pavilion, the presence of 11 autonomous regions and 86 businesses.
Barcelona Digital will be present in the CeBIT in the Hall 9, Stand A20 (3), where their will show the last research projects related to the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), among them is the European BrainAble project, directed to improve the autonomy of people with physical disabilities.
The project presents the possibility that people with disability can interact with their environment thanks to person-computer interfaces and sensors that measure their emotional and physical state.
Co-financed by the European Commission in the context of the 7th Framework Program, BrainAble will developed during the next three years. Has a budget of 3 million euro and with European associates of great experience and prestige, like the Austrian university, Technische Universitaet Graz, a European pioneer and leader in the creation of advanced man-machine interfaces.
The BrainAble project presents that people can directly interact with the environment from the design of Person-Computer interfaces composed of BCI (Brain Computer Interface) sensors combined with emotional computation (sensors that measure the physical and mental state of a person) and virtual environments; and the connections of these interfaces with intelligent homes and social networks on the internet.
The final objective is to improve the social inclusion and the quality of life of people with disabilities surpassing two barriers: the interaction of the person with their social and physical environment.
The results of the BrainAble would be able to market in a period from 6 to 8 years and they will have a significant impact on the welfare technology sector (with technical aids for disabled) and more generic sectors as the intelligent homes or the digital entertainment sector.