{"id":37643,"date":"2011-07-31T15:45:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T15:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/use-your-brain-to-brake-not-your-leg-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2011-07-31T15:45:03","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T15:45:03","slug":"use-your-brain-to-brake-not-your-leg-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/use-your-brain-to-brake-not-your-leg-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"Use Your Brain to Brake, Not Your Leg | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists may soon give your braking leg a break. In a recent study in the Journal of Neural Engineering<\/em><\/a>, researchers at the Berlin Institute of Technology monitored the brain signals of drivers and found that they could detect the study participants’ intent to stop<\/a> before they actually stomped on the brakes. The findings could someday lead to automated braking technologies that help avoid devastating car crashes.<\/p>

In the study, the researchers had 18 participants drive along virtual roads in a racing simulator<\/a> that includes winding streets and oncoming traffic—the drivers had to maintain a certain distance behind the computer-controlled cars in front of them, which braked at random intervals. While the participants drove, the researchers tracked their brain signals using caps fitted with EEG<\/a> sensors.<\/p>

With the EEG data, the researchers saw when the drivers were going to brake a whole 13 hundredths of a second (or 130 milliseconds) before they did it. At 65 mph, this tiny difference in reaction time can reduce braking distance by 12 feet. “While this may not seem [like] much, it may be enough to prevent accidents,” computer scientist and co-author Stefan Haufe told ABC News<\/a>. The researchers are now planning ...<\/p>

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