Brain Control Interface meetup

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The BCI group was created for those members that think being able to control computers, robots and drones with your thought is a cool idea!

@vladisl0th and I were talking the other night about BCI next steps.
We agreed that a meetup was needed to discuss:

  • Personal and group goals
  • The hardware and software to achieve those goals
  • Crowdfunding to get the hardware and software

So, if you are already a member of @BCI or would like to participate, please respond with your agreement or suggestions on a way forward.

If you have enough experience in this area to drive the conversation, please say so. I’m a complete newbie, and I’m keen to ensure that the meetup is productive. If no-one has the necessary depth of knowledge, I’ll reach out to the BCI community to see if someone can join us via web conference to assist.

Vlad suggested doing the meetup on a Thursday electronics evening, since there is such an overlap between BCI and electronics. Please comment if you can’t do Thursday evenings. @electrotechs are you OK with us using an electronics evening?

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Second the idea of a meetup to discuss, and also using Thursday Electro nights as a crossover.

  • Me/My Goals
    I’m a lecturer at the University of Greenwich who teaches on the Games Development and Computer Science courses and have been looking to get more into BCI tech for games and other interface projects so I can teach the students and facilitate masters research projects etc - so I’m very keen, plus I might also be able to get some advice or resources from colleagues!

I’m particularly interested in low cost solutions or build it yourself kits that I could use for teaching, especially those with enough reliability on the data output side that I could use it to inform game mechanics etc.

  • My skillset
    I’ve done a lot of bits and bobs with different interfaces, and I teach on game engines so can help there a lot to aid visualisations and control systems once we’ve got a particular input device in mind. Comfortable coding in C#,C++,python etc

  • Kit
    I was previously looking at the OpenBCI stuff, in particular the ceeGrid around the ear kit (it’s about 2500 quid which obviously is a lot), as it’s pretty lightweight, doesn’t require all the gross gel stuff, and looks like it gets some pretty decent data output