Scientists say that they have designed a way to help people in stressful and demanding work environment that track their brainwaves and brain use-an electronic tattoo device, or “e-tattoo,” on the person’s face.
In a study posted in science Journal deviceThe team of researchers wrote that they found the e-tattoo to track in a more cost-effective and simple way. Mental charge.
Senior writer of Research at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Nansu Lu wrote that mental charge is an important factor in the human-in-loop system, which directly affects cognitive performance and decision making.
Lu told Fox News Digital in an email that the device was inspired by high-mong, high-help jobs such as pilots, air traffic controllers, doctors and emergency dispators.
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Scientists say that they have designed a way to help people track their brain and brain use. In a study posted in the journal device, the team of researchers wrote that they found a more cost -effective and simple way to track someone’s mental charge. (Dr. Nansu Lu)
Lu also said that ER doctors and robot/drone operators can also avail this technique for training and performance promotion.
One of the goals of this study was to find a way to measure Cognitive fatigue High leverage and mentally stressful career.
The e-tattoo is temporarily connected to the forehead of the subject, and today is smaller than the current equipment in use.
According to the study, the device works using Electroncephalogram (EEG) And electroculogram (EOG) to measure both brain waves and eye movements.
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While most EEG and EOG machines are heavy and expensive, this e-tattoo brings a compact and cost-effective solution to that problem. (Istock)
While most EEG and EOG machines are heavy and expensive, e-tattoo provides a compact and cost-effective solution.
Lu wrote that in this study, “We propose a wireless forehead EEG and EOG sensor that is designed to be thin and tailoring for the skin as a temporary tattoo sticker, which is referred to as one. Forehead e-tattoo,
Stool It also said that “Human mental charge is an important factor in the areas of human-masine interaction and ergonomics which is due to its direct impact on humans. cognitive performance.,
The way the study was done was shown a screen with six participants, on which 20 letters shone, at a time, at different places.
The team found that as the tasks became difficult, various types of brainwaves showed changes in activity that in line with a high mental charge response. (Istock)
Participants were asked to click on a mouse if either the letters, or its location, were shown a given letter matching one.
Each participant acted several times, in line with four levels of difficulty.
The team found that as the tasks became difficult, various types of brainwaves showed changes in activity that in line with a high mental charge response.
The device consists of a battery pack and re -purpose chips with a disposable sensor.
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Lu said that the device is currently a laboratory prototype.
“Before it may be ready for commercialization, it will require more development, such as real-time, on-tattoo mental charge decoding and verification in more realistic environment on more people,” she said. “The current prototype costs $ 200.”
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