The object
Ghofrane Ayari is one of four Tunisian inventors recognised for the MOOVOBRAIN smart-wheelchair control system. Its electronic interface combines brain signals, voice commands, eye movement and facial movement recognition, enabling users with severe disabilities to steer an existing powered wheelchair with a mode suited to their abilities.
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What Ghofrane did
Named by the EPO as one of the four inventors of MOOVOBRAIN's brain, voice, eye and facial-movement wheelchair controls.
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Why it matters
The EPO awarded the team third place in its 2024 Young Inventors Prize for a control system intended to increase independent mobility.
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Living-status check
The EPO's 4 June 2024 Young Inventors Prize finalist announcement names Ayari, positive evidence she was alive in 2024.