Open-source brain-computer interfaces capture DIY makers’ imagination
The two founders justify their move to the open source movement as a necessity in order to lower the barrier to entry and accelerate research and discoveries in brain sciences, akin to crowd-sourcing ideas and results through an open forum of shared knowledge.
This year, they are back with a more complete offering, the OpenBCI Ganglion, an improved biosensing board able to take inputs for EMG, ECG or EEG measurements, and a complete 3D-printable headset concept, the Ultracortex Mark III, capable of hosting over 60 electrodes for better EEG signal discrimination and analysis.
Although all the parts will be available for sale at the OpenBCI’s online shop, DIY makers can also access all the links to hardware printable CAD files from the company’s Github repository. The non-printable electronic parts can be sourced from the online shop.
By bringing brain-computer interfaces to the open-source community, Murphy and Russomanno hope that neurosciences and biosensing will reach far beyond academia, delivering neurofeedback tools at approximately a tenth the cost of research-grade devices while enabling new home-grown projects spanning all fields of application.
Backers are proving them right, sharing their projects on the dedicated OpenBCI forum and already rewarding them with success on kickstarter.
Visit the OpenBCI page at www.openbci.com
Back up their new kickstarter campaign here.
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