Running head: THE EGGLINK BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE 1 The EggLink Brain-Computer Interface: Engineering and Performance Evaluation

Brain-computer interfaces, systems that operate electronic or mechanical systems using imaged brain events as operational input commands, have gained much ground in the research world over the last two decades, as they potentially provide rehabilitative and restorative functionality to a several clinical populations. The EggLink is an electroencephalography-based brain-computer interface that is being developed to operate common household computers based on machine learning classifications of fine motor signals generated in the brain. At this stage, the project involves designing and building the prototype system that will classify fine motor activity (the flicking of each of 10 fingers) to as high a degree of accuracy as possible. Future stages will involve classifying eye movements for computer cursor control, real-time processing, and other functional additions to the overall system design. THE EGGLINK BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE 3 The EggLink Brain-Computer Interface: Engineering and Performance Evaluation