www.hyps.cz Devices are already part of our bodies. The next step is to connect them to the brain. Brief explanation how brain connected devices work and what design opportunities it is bringing.

1. BRAIN CONNECTED DEVICES
The
Design
Opportunity
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2. OTAKAR HYPS
UX Designer at Oracle Netsuite
Brain and brain connected devices is my hobby, not my work.
https://hyps.cz/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/otakarhyps/
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3. TABLE OF CONTENT
1. Motivation, the state of the art
2. Brain-Computer interaction
3. Three stories from the future
4. The opportunity for design
5. My opinion on ethics
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4. What!?!
Brain and Computer?
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5. Brain and Computer
TOGETHER?!
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6. ONE CENTURY AGO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvz180KkiPY
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7. Step by step,
We continuously
Improve
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8. Mobile Phone is already
part of our body
Photo by Doğukan Şahin on Unsplash
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9. IT IS NOT
SURPRISING
ANYMORE
https://escuelaestech.es/calendario-escolar-linares-2019-2020/
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10. The technology gets
in our brains while
we are having fun
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11. https://www.gartner.com/smarterwithgartner/gartner-top-10-strategic-technology-trends-for-2020/
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13. https://youtu.be/nvUHDK59Igw
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14. How does this enlightment
of our brain work?
Photo by Daniel Öberg on Unsplash
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15. fMRI – functional
magnetic resonance
imagery
https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/blue-eyes-collection_717277.htm
Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash
https://www.martinos.org/
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16. FUNCTIONAL
MAGNETIC
RESONANCE
IMAGING
https://theanatomyoflove.com/how-do-we-study-love/fmri-awake-but-still/
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17. EEG
(ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY)
https://www.bitbrain.com/neurotechnology-products/semi-dry-eeg/versatile-eeg
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18. https://www.promosapiens.hr/en/services/eeg/
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19. PASSIVE BCI
(BRAIN-COMPUTER
INTERACTION)
Photo by Maarten van den Heuvel on Unsplash
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20. ACTIVE BCI
(BRAIN-COMPUTER
INTERACTION)
Photo by Matthew Brodeur on Unsplash
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21. Waiting for a signal Receives a signal Evaluates and acts
https://www.freepik.com/
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24. Machine can learn
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25. BRAIN TO BRAIN INTERACTION
Transports information
from one brain to another
with 83% accuracy.
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26. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION
https://www.washington.edu/news/2014/11/05/uw-study-shows-direct-brain-interface-between-humans/
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28. CHALLENGES
Technology
• Noisy signal
• Slow and clumsy technology
• Size of technology for
advanced interaction
• Long calibration time
Design
- The whole new world
- Agency
- Interaction Metaphors
Philosophy
- Ethics
- Moral
- Societal
Photos by Alex Haney and NASA on Unsplash
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29. STORY #1
FOCUS
http://igivecoolgifts.com/muse-s-the-brain-sensing-headband-bundle/
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30. What if we switch all
distractions off when she
gets into the flow?
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31. STORY #2
EMOTIONS
Photo by Alexandra Mirgheș on Unsplash
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32. What if the device tells
you that you are getting
angry and to calm down?
Photo by Allie on Unsplash
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33. STORY #3
COMMUNICATION
https://theluxonomist.es/2015/08/26/inada-dreamwave-massage-chair/the-luxonomist
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34. What if we could
collaborate faster than
ever just by thinking?
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35. COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
3 people connected brains
81.25% accuracy
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36. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41895-7
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37. AN EXTRA STORY
THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR DESIGN
https://www.sohu.com/na/324622635_119097
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38. DESKTOP AND MOBILE
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39. TV, WATCH, VOICE
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40. FLOW: PLAY A PLAYLIST
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41. 1.
2.
3.
Metaphors
EEG
Flow
Time
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42. New Elements of Cognition
Design needs to create strong
metaphors that all brains can
understand
Photo by Chepe Nicoli on Unsplash
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43. We need to figure out how to
provide visual feedback
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44. How might we onboard the
users with and without
Machine Learning?
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45. Adaptive Agent
What is the level of control
we can give to the system
handling the brain?
Photo by Mathew Schwartz
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46. WHAT ARE THE
CURRENT
TECHNOLOGY-
ETHICS ISSUES?
Photo by Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash
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47. The machines track and manipulate
the human behaviour towards the
commercial goals of third parties.
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48. Lets not allow the shopping carts to
lead the way to the brain
connected devices.
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
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49. http://eepurl.com/g6jb4X
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51. REFERENCE
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