Brain-computer-interfaces allow for brain signals to be processed by a computer. This technology forms the foundation for the MyelinS software. Image: Zied Tayeb / TUM
Each year, US space agency NASA asks startups with ideas that could improve space exploration to apply for their iTech initiative. Among the ten finalists in the current competition (October 7 and 8) is MyelinS. This startup at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) began developing software for intelligent prostheses and ended up inventing new ways for astronauts and robots to interact in outer space. Robots are an indispensable part of space exploration. While machines like the Mars rover ,,Curiosity" resemble very basic model cars, there are plans to use humanoid robots during space missions. Remotely controlled by humans from inside spaceships or space stations these robonauts could be assigned dangerous tasks. Software designed by startup MyelinS could be a part of these future missions.
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