Capturing EEG Signals from 16 Sensors placed close to driver's brain and a software to revert the signals to respective commands is all enough to control your CAR in regards with moving forward, backward, resulting in halt, to lock & unlock. says Zhang Zhao

Associate Professor Duan Feng, from the university's College of Computer and Control Engineering, led the project. He emphasized that the technology is aimed at better serving human beings, and that it might soon be possible to combine brain controlled technology and driverless cars, such as the Google Self Driving Car (SDC). 

Duan said worries about potential road accidents caused by the driver being distracted while their brain was in control of his team's car were unfounded, because concentration was needed only when changing the vehicle's moving status, i.e. changing lanes or turning. Whether such an application would be enough to persuade drivers to get behind the wheel and control a car with their mind is far from certain, though.

While the initiation is quite interesting the limitations at present are the strict adherence to the straight path motion.

The researchers say their initial idea was inspired by helping disabled people who are physically unable to steer cars.