A brain-computer interface (BCI) identifies the user’s intention by observing and analyzing brain activity using either invasive or noninvasive monitoring techniques such as electroencephalography. BCIs hold forth the promise of offering a new class of bioengineering control devices and robots for rehabilitation and other medical applications, as well as supporting a new communication medium for VR and videogames. However, major challenges must be tackled for BCIs to achieve the speed, accuracy, and reliability necessary for real-world applications. The articles in this special issue outline the state of the art of BCIs and give a sense of the future potential of such interfaces.

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Features October 2008 Guest Editor's Introduction Total Recall Oliver Bimber An overview of the state of the art of brain-computer interfaces gives a sense of the future potential for using BCIs in real-life applications.

News October 2008 Industry Trends, Technology News, News Briefs

The Known World October 2008 Drinking with Dinosaurs David Alan Grier We are told that we must learn from failure, but agreement with this principle does little to foster its enactment in the face of persistent psychological and organizational barriers.

IT Systems Perspectives September 2008 Toward the Deep Semantic Web James Geller, Soon Ae Chun, and Yoo Jung An The Semantic Deep Web fuses aspects of the Semantic Web with the use of ontology-aware browsers to extract information from the Deep Web.

How Things Work October 2008 Wireless Sensor Networks John A. Stankovic Wireless sensor networks will potentially affect all aspects of our lives, bringing about substantial improvements in a broad spectrum of modern technologies ranging from healthcare to military surveillance.

The Profession October 2008 The Dea[r]th of Human Understanding Neville Holmes Advances in digital technology are accelerating society’s disintegration.

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