Entity that promotes it: ONCE Foundation
Entity type: Non-profit organization
Scope of action: Spain
Improvement obtained: “EEG Launcher involves research into an accessible communication system that allows the control of Android mobile devices by measuring the electroencephalogram (EEG). “It consists of a headband-shaped device that translates the person's intentions into control commands, so that they can control the mobile phone based on their brain activity.”
Description of the performance / Activity:
“ONCE Foundation awarded the first Uninnova prize this Thursday to Miguel Páramo, a doctoral student at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) for his EEG Launcher project, a device that allows the control of the mobile phone based on brain activity.”
Related information:
Uninnova awards website
News on Ametic website