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BCI2000 Software Lets Your Mind Control Computers
- anigbrowl 17y agoOf course, to do that you'll need some way to get EEG data out of your head. You could get an Easy Cap (scary website: http://www.easycap.de/easycap/e/products/products.htm#15 http://www.easycap.de/easycap/e/products/products.htm#15 and http://www.easycap.de/easycap/e/prices/price_list.htm http://www.easycap.de/easycap/e/prices/price_list.htm because Europeans alike to put the price on a different page from the product info) or go to eCrater: http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=4734120 http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=4734120 ...where you can also buy a neurofeedback-enabled teddy bear to clutch during compile cycles (for real): http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=4733183 http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=4733183 Unsurprisngly, decommissioned systems are quite cheap on eBay. Emotiv http://www.emotiv.com/developers.html http://www.emotiv.com/developers.html offer a similar (14 electrode) device for $299, but only with a simplified SDK. If you want the full data you will pay more. Much more. Discussion of this, with issues familiar to many on HN: http://www.emotiv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7 http://www.emotiv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7 I'm not sure why the fuss, given that you can get a lot of other EEG stuff for much less than you might imagine, but the Emotiv product does look good and suitably modern compared to the traditional caps. I don't like the BCI2000 website much, but here's the list of compatible hardware: http://www.bci2000.org/BCI2000/Features_Hardware.html http://www.bci2000.org/BCI2000/Features_Hardware.html software & sources is apparently free on registration. Windows only for now, Linux and Mac coming soon. ...man, sometime I wish we could mrkup HN posts like on Metafilter...oh well, enjoy!