Open BCI: from lab to bedside

For more than a decade brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have been a fashionable topic of several "proof of concept" studies. Time has come to combine the achievements of technology, psychophysics, neuroinformatics and all the relevant sciences into appliances that can help patients with dramatically limited communication possibilities.

BCI Appliance

BCI Appliance – This design pioneers a new line of thought about the user-centered design of BCI systems: a simple box with on/off button, minimum necessary software, and user-controlled mode switching, connecting wirelessly to domotic and EEG acquisition devices. World's first solution providing dynamic menus for stable SSVEP stimuli.

Software

OpenBCI system is becoming a complete platform for brain-computer interfaces. As a signal display we use Svarog

Eyetracker

Recently we realized that most of the persons with dramatically limited communication channels can be helped by a simpler technology that is already known and available, but mostly for neuromarketing purposes: eyetrackers. Professional systems tend to be quite expensive, but some people around the world managed to build cheap prototypes from off-the-shelve parts. Building cheap eyetrackers sufficient for communication became part of the OpenBCI project, and part of the planned laboratories and apprenticeships at Neuroinformatics BSc. Because of the latter, the eyetracker pages are in Polish

Other

• Communication with EEG hardware: both Svarog and OpenBCI system communicate with EEG hardware via Multiplexer, hence the drivers will be common to both projects. Click here for current status.
• http://groups.google.com/group/openbci OpenBCI newsgroup
• CVS (+ intro to using the code repository)
• FAQ, discussion, Q&A...
• Links
• How to contribute

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• Experiments carried in our laboratory (Polish)
• Eyetracker project (Polish)
• Kinect Ubuntu
• Wstępne tematy prac licencjackich