A Preliminary Survey on the Perception of Marketability of Brain-Computer Interfaces and Initial Development of a Repository of BCI Companies

Femke Nijboer; B.Z. Allison; S. Dunne; D. Plass - Oude Bos; Antinus Nijholt; P. Haselager

A Preliminary Survey on the Perception of Marketability of Brain-Computer Interfaces and Initial Development of a Repository of BCI Companies

Femke Nijboer, B.Z. Allison, S. Dunne, D. Plass - Oude Bos, Antinus Nijholt, P. Haselager

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Abstract

The marketability of current and future BCI applications may greatly influence the decisions of goverments, the industry and academia. In this paper we first explored with a survey when respondents (N=145), who were present at the 4th International BCI Meeting, expect that different BCI applications will become commercially available. Second, we surveyed how well existing BCI companies are known to respondents. Third, we compared the ndings with our own preliminary overview of the marketability of BCIs and our repository of 28 companies. Respondents were optimistic about the marketability of BCIs for healthy users and users who need assistive technology, but 72.4 % of the respondents was unaware that companies already exist which market BCI's. Based on a preliminary market overview we cautiously suggest that optimism in relation to applications for healthy users is more appropriate than in relation to BCI-based assistive technology. In future we plan surveys among a broader range of stakeholders and a more profound analysis of the market.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings 5th International Brain-Computer Interface Conference (BCI 2011)
Editors	G.R. Mueller-Putz, R. Sherer, M. Billinger, A. Kreilinger, V. Kaiser, C. Neuper
Place of Publication	Graz
Publisher	Graz University of Technology
Pages	344-347
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-85125-140-1
Publication status	Published - 21 Sept 2011
Event	Proceedings 5th International Brain-Computer Interface Conference (BCI 2011) - Graz, Austria Duration: 22 Sept 2011 → 24 Sept 2011

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Publisher	Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz

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Conference	Proceedings 5th International Brain-Computer Interface Conference (BCI 2011)
Period	22/09/11 → 24/09/11
Other	22-24 Sep 2011

Keywords

METIS-278831
BCI
BCI companies
IR-78138
Brain-Computer Interfacing
EWI-20589
marketability
commercial applications
HMI-MI: MULTIMODAL INTERACTIONS
HMI-HF: Human Factors
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/248320

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Nijboer, F., Allison, B. Z., Dunne, S., Plass - Oude Bos, D., Nijholt, A., & Haselager, P. (2011). A Preliminary Survey on the Perception of Marketability of Brain-Computer Interfaces and Initial Development of a Repository of BCI Companies. In G. R. Mueller-Putz, R. Sherer, M. Billinger, A. Kreilinger, V. Kaiser, & C. Neuper (Eds.), Proceedings 5th International Brain-Computer Interface Conference (BCI 2011) (pp. 344-347). Graz University of Technology.

Nijboer, Femke ; Allison, B.Z. ; Dunne, S. et al. / A Preliminary Survey on the Perception of Marketability of Brain-Computer Interfaces and Initial Development of a Repository of BCI Companies. Proceedings 5th International Brain-Computer Interface Conference (BCI 2011). editor / G.R. Mueller-Putz ; R. Sherer ; M. Billinger ; A. Kreilinger ; V. Kaiser ; C. Neuper. Graz : Graz University of Technology, 2011. pp. 344-347

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A Preliminary Survey on the Perception of Marketability of Brain-Computer Interfaces and Initial Development of a Repository of BCI Companies. / Nijboer, Femke; Allison, B.Z.; Dunne, S. et al.
Proceedings 5th International Brain-Computer Interface Conference (BCI 2011). ed. / G.R. Mueller-Putz; R. Sherer; M. Billinger; A. Kreilinger; V. Kaiser; C. Neuper. Graz: Graz University of Technology, 2011. p. 344-347.

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Nijboer F, Allison BZ, Dunne S, Plass - Oude Bos D, Nijholt A, Haselager P. A Preliminary Survey on the Perception of Marketability of Brain-Computer Interfaces and Initial Development of a Repository of BCI Companies. In Mueller-Putz GR, Sherer R, Billinger M, Kreilinger A, Kaiser V, Neuper C, editors, Proceedings 5th International Brain-Computer Interface Conference (BCI 2011). Graz: Graz University of Technology. 2011. p. 344-347