Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT
Interpreting signals from the human brain is a challenge. The »Mobile Neurotechnologies« group at Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg is tackling this in order to make electroencephalography (EEG) systems available in concrete application scenarios. The experts are working on sensor solutions suitable for everyday use to record human brain activity. The focus is not only on comfort, but also on high data quality of the recordings for particularly meaningful data for disease diagnoses and therapies. But the team at Fraunhofer IDMT is also focusing on application scenarios in non-medical areas, such as the measurement of a driver's attention in a car or cognitive load in a safety-critical workplace.
In addition to the research and development of mobile neurotechnologies, other methods for vital data acquisition are also considered, such as the recording of heart rate and respiration by radar systems including intelligent evaluation.
»With broadly diversified competencies, we are setting a clear course towards making EEG systems suitable for everyday use. The aim is to successively address the challenges both in the hardware components and in signal recording and analysis at all levels«, explains Dr. Insa Wolf, head of the Mobile Neurotechnologies.
