Less then two years ago, Kriangkrai Tachadee didn’t know what BCI-technology is. 2019 he came into contact with a team of developers and quickly became pilot in the BCI Series. Participating at CYBATHLON was the logic consequence. "I’m taking part at CYBATHLON because I want to gain more experience and exchange ideas with other teams. It is important to me that I can share these insights with other people with disabilities and inspire them." explains the Thai student, who suffered a severe spinal injury in an accident when he was 15. "I think BCI is useful as an aid but also to advance rehabilitation. In the future, the technology will be easy to use in everyday life and can be combined with other aids, so that people with paralysis can live independently". Today, Kriangkrai needs a person to support him in his everyday life and so do most of the people in Thailand who suffered a tetraplegic paralysis. Technical aids are too expensive for most or they simply don’t know about them. BCI is their chance to live independently – a dream for the CYBATHLON pilot as for many more in his country.
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