Individuals suffering from locked-in syndrome are completely paralyzed and unable to speak but otherwise cognitively intact. Traditional assistive technology is ineffective for this population of users due to the physical nature of input devices. Brain-computer and biometric interfaces offer users with severe motor disabilities a non-muscular input channel for communication and control, but req...

Experimental evidence supports the view that the cerebel-lum is involved in the adaptive timing of the classically conditioned eye-blink response. Previous modelling studies have demonstrated that a group of cerebellar Purkinje cells can learn the adaptive timing of the eye-blink response if the cells in the group have predeened response la-tencies which cover the range of conditionable interst...

We developed a compact vision system for wearable interface applications using a vision chip. The vision chip is capable of real-time vision at higher frame rates than the video frame rate with a single chip. Using this system, vision-based wearable man-machine interfaces, such as a portable eye tracker and a six-degrees-of-freedom input device, can be realized at higher frame rates than ever b...

In this article we present a new isometric input device for multi-fingered grasping in virtual environments. The device was designed to simultaneously assess forces applied by the thumb, index, and middle finger. A mathematical model of grasping, adopted from the analysis of multi-fingered robot hands, was applied to achieve multi-fingered interaction with virtual objects. We used the concept o...

Conventional display in robotic surgery such as flat displays or stereoscopic displays decreases obtainable information around target tissue. For supporting manipulation and performing safe surgery, this paper proposes a haptic navigation method, which enables surgeons to avoid collision with untouchable regions around target tissue by producing force feedback through a master manipulator. This...

Features ■ Memories – 8K to 60K dual voltage FLASH Program memory or ROM with read-out protection capability, In-Application Programming and In-Circuit Programming. – 384 to 1.5K RAM – HDFlash endurance: 100 cycles, data retention: 40 years at 85°C ■ Clock, reset and supply management – Enhanced reset system – Enhanced low voltage supervisor (LVD) for main supply and auxiliary voltage detector ...

New algorithms are given to compile external data in string form into data structures for high level datatypes. Let I be a language of external constants formed from atomic constants and from set, multiset, and tuple constructors. We show how to read an input string C, decide whether it belongs to I, convert it to internal form, and build initial data structures storing the internal value of C ...

Recently, a number of protocols extending RNA-sequencing to the single-cell regime have been published. However, we were concerned that the additional steps to deal with such minute quantities of input sample would introduce serious biases that would make analysis of the data using existing approaches invalid. In this study, we performed a critical evaluation of several of these low-volume RNA-...

In this paper a high resistant EMI interference CMOS operational amplifier has been designed and simulated. It is designed by implementing easy modification of the differential pair with active current load. The power amplifier seems to be leading the output voltage power with respect to the input supply given, the two stage power amplifier was designed in this current technology and results ar...