An Approach For Als Patients To Control Home Appliances Using Beta Waves

Abstract

People with severe disabilities cannot interact with environment as normal people. The aim of this work is to implement a system that controls basic appliances such as fan, light and similar appliances using brain waves  generated from brain using EEG for ALS patients. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a disorder in which due to death of the neurons, people lose control of their senses. They always need personal assistance for doing small tasks like switching on a fan or light. To overcome their disability EEG is used to control their home appliances. By using Beta signals generated from brain and Arduino, automation of electronic appliances is possible for ALS affected patients. The Brain signal detected from the EEG electrodes is transmitted to the computer through Bluetooth transmitter. “Brainwave osc” software is used to detect and show graph of the brain signal.