Using the Sniff Controller activates these brain structures
Dr Anton Ploktin, a co-inventor of the sniff controller, and lead author of the study published in PNAS, here demonstrating use of the Sniff Controller (Dr Plotkin is not disabled)
The Sniff Controller Story
In 2010, a group of scientists from the Weizmann Institute olfaction group developed a device that enables completely paralyzed, or so called "Locked in" individuals, to communicate.
The Sniff Controller converted nasal airflow, or sniffs, into electrical signals, that could be used to control other devices ranging from computers to electric wheelchairs.
These results were published in the prestigious scientific journal "Proceedings of The National Academy of Science" (PNAS), and the outcome was reported on extensively in news media.
The Sniff Controller "starred" in the novel "I Have No Secrets" by Penny Joelson, where it helped the locked-in protagonist communicate and solve crimes!
At Sniff Logic we made this discovery into an available solution for people in need. Moreover, we continue to identify additional areas of application for our technology of making nasal airflow into information.
