Four-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has verbally agreed to race a quadriplegic opponent using only his brain waves.
Rodrigo Hübner Mendes, the first person in history to operate a full-scale F1 car using only his mind, issued the challenge directly to Hamilton during a speech at this month's Global Education and Skills Forum in Dubai.
The two will compete using advanced "neuro headsets" equipped with using Emotiv Epoc+ technology, which translates EEG brainwaves into acceleration, braking, and steering inputs to control devices. No word on when the race will take place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhmXaeaHkDc
The company behind this technology, Emotiv, also tweeted in response:
https://twitter.com/emotiv/status/976667682970812417
Mendes is also the founder of the Rodrigo Mendes Institute, a non-profit dedicated to expanding quality educational offerings for people with disabilities.
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