BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE IN NEUROLINK PRO: A NEUROSCIENCE-BASED EEG/EOG SIGNAL PROCESSING AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM.

7.1 Summary of Achievements NeuroLink Pro v3.0 has been presented as a complete non-invasive EEG/EOG-based BCI system achieving all stated objectives. The five-stage firmware pipeline achieves >99% single-blink detection, >98% double-blink detection, 0% false-positive rate over 2-minute rest intervals, and <50 ms end-to-end latency. All eleven Electron application modules passed structured testing — a 100% module-level pass rate.   The system demonstrates that zero-training, rapidly deployable BCI assistive technology matching research-grade performance is achievable with commodity hardware (~USD 50 total). This is a meaningful contribution toward making BCI accessible to the 75 million individuals worldwide with severe motor disabilities [3].

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