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EEG Devices at CES 2020

The Consumers Electronics Show (CES) 2020 was held earlier this month in Las Vegas. Of the ~4,400 exhibiting companies, the “Digital Health” category had 573 exhibitors. Of these, I found 9 companies utilizing EEG technology. Besides the usual sleep aid … Continue reading

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Canine Mind Reading

That’s right! It is wallace-shawn-inconceivable that the Indegogo No More Woof campaign raised over $22,000 from 231 contributors. The project has been around since late 2013, but this is the first time I’ve run across it (via the recent IEEE article below). … Continue reading

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Melon Headband Android SDK

It appears that the Melon Headband Alpha Android SDK is no longer available from Melon. See Melon Headband — Android Beta. Below is a copy of the SDK that I received in April 2015. I successfully built and ran the AndroidMelonBasicSample application on my … Continue reading

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Melon Headband — Android Beta

About 2 years ago (May 2013) I backed this Kickstarter project:  Melon: A Headband and Mobile App to Measure Your Focus. I received the hardware (headband and accessories) about a month ago. The Android application became available yesterday.    I’m having trouble … Continue reading

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EEG Dating

I’ve been tracking EEG-related stories for many years. This perfect Valentine’s Day technology story: ‘EEG Dating’ matches people based on their brainwave data is certainly worth adding to the catalog. The end goal: Many dating services ask countless questions. With EEG matching, there should be … Continue reading

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Brain Health Device

The latest incarnation of EEG-based devices comes from Muse – The Brainwave Sensing Headband. Just like other BCI claims, How Mind-Controlled Games Work – And Why It’s Way, Way Bigger Than That  is a new approach to consumer brain monitoring … Continue reading

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Hacking Your Brain

BCI research is important work (see here). The availability of reasonably priced hardware and general purpose APIs has made it easy to investigate many aspects of how EEG processing of can be used to control the external environment. The extrapolation of this … Continue reading

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Controlling a Computer with EMG

Microsoft has applied for a patent for using finger flexing to control a computer. I’ve talked many times in the past about the use of EEG technology for computer control (brain-computer interface, BCI). As discussed in the RWW article, there … Continue reading

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Brain Wave Monitoring Through the Extremities

The recent Time Magazine article Thought Control (subscription required) describes what is essentially another brain-computer interface.  What’s novel about this device is that the EEG signal is monitored from dry electrodes on the arm or leg. The BodyWave® Brain Wave Monitoring (pdf) … Continue reading

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Turning the Mind Into a Joystick

More “mind reading” hyperbole in today’s New York Times Magazine: The Cyborg in Us All. I’ve talked about EEG-related technology many times in the past. Here are some quotes from the article: This creates a pulse in his brain that travels … Continue reading

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