Welcome to Brainmagic. Here you will find information about non-invasive brain-computer interfaces. A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a direct communication pathway between a human or animal brain and an external decive.
I am mainly interested in the non-invasive interfaces which do not require surgical implantation.
Guger Technologies
Guger Technologies, also known as g.tec, is an Austrian company specializing in biosensors, biosignal amplifiers. They also provide equipment for real-time data acquisition and signal processing and analysis. Visit them at: www.gtec.at
Their US distributor is Cortech Solutions: cortechsolutions.com
Emotiv
Emotiv is an interesting company that is tailoring the BCI toward the electronic games industry. http://www.emotiv.com/
They were featured on CNBC on March 8, 2007.
Wadsworth BCI
The Wadsworth Brain-Computer Interface project, headed by Dr. Jonathan R. Wolpaw, has created the Wadsworth BCI system which records the brain's electrical activity using electrodes attached to a cap worn by the user. These signals are analyzed and translated by computer into useful device commands. The system allows users to perform word processing, write e-mails, select computer icons, or move a robotic arm. Since the brain signals are recorded by EEG, no surgery is required.
Here is a news article about it from 2004 on sciencedaily.com See the full article on the National Institute of Health's website: nih.gov
Cyberlink Brainfingers
This product by Brain Actuated Technologies allows you to control virtually all aspects of a computer with a headband that measures your brainwaves. The computer analyzes an operator's EEG (electroencephalographic), EOG (electrooculographic), and EMG (electromyographic) signals in real time.
brainfingers.com
Neuroscience Resources
4-D Neuroimaging - http://www.4dneuroimaging.com/
Analysis of Functional Neuro Images (AFNI) - http://afni.nimh.nih.gov/afni
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience - http://www.bccn-goettingen.de/
CBU Imaging - http://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/CbuImaging
Cognitive Neuroscience Society - http://www.cogneurosociety.org/
ebNeuro - http://www.ebneuro.com/
Electrical Geodesics - http://www.egi.com/
Expert Imaging Systems - http://www.expertis.com.au/
HEServis - http://www.heservis.nl/
INCAP - http://www.incap.de/
Individual Computer Applications - http://www.icap.nu/
InstEP - http://www.instepsystems.com/
KOVO, Informacni systemy - http://www.kovo.cz/
LA Systems - http://www.las.co.jp/
Medical Equipement International - http://www.mei-france.fr/
MedCaT - http://www.medcat.nl/
Miyuki Giken - http://www.miyuki-net.co.jp/en/miyukinet.htm
MMBiomedical - http://www.neurospec.com/
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit - http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/
Neuroguide - http://www.neuroguide.com/
Reed Elsevier - http://www.reedelsevier.com/
SIM-PATIA - http://www.sim-patia.it/
Society for Neuroscience - http://www.sfn.org/
Spectroscopy Now - http://www.spectroscopynow.com/
Statistical Parametric Mapping - http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/
Surgical Planning Laboratory - http://www.spl.harvard.edu/
Tristan Technologies - http://www.tristantech.com/
The Whole Brain Atlas - http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
Neuroscience Conferences
March 3-5, 2008 - Marburg, Germany - Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen - http://www.teap.de/marburg/
April 12-15, 2008 - San Francisco, USA - Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) - http://www.cnsmeeting.org/
June 15-19, 2008 - Melbourne, Australia - Human Brain Mapping (HBM) - http://www.hbm2008.com/
August 25-29, 2008 - Sapporo, Japan - BIOMAG - http://www.biomag2008.org/
November 15-19, 2008 - Washington DC, USA - Neuroscience 2008 - http://www.sfn.org/am2008
Brain Innovation
BrainVoyager - http://www.brainvoyager.com/
MEGIS Software
BESA - Brain Electrical Source Analysis - http://www.megis.com/
Source Signal Imaging
Source Signal Imaging - http://www.sourcesignal.com/
Cyberkinetics
Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems is a medical device company specializing in the development of neural implants that can interact with the brain and the nervous system at the level of individual cells.
Its product pipeline includes a line of research products to support pre-clinical neuroscience research; the NeuroPort System Neural Signal Processor for invasive neurosurgical monitoring, and the BrainGate Neural Interface System, which is intended to allow a disabled person to control a computer using thought.
This company specializes in invasive interfaces, but I thought I would include them because they are one of the companies on the forefront of brain-computer interface technology.
Check out their homepage at cyberkineticsinc.com
Here is a news article from 2005 about BrainGate on livescience.com
Also an article on wired.com
Brainmagic News
2008-05-28 - (bbc) - Monkey's brain controls robot arm
2005-02-18 - (bbc) - Brain-controlled 'robo-arm' hope
2003-10-13 - (bbc) - Monkey brains control robot arms
2002-03-02 - (bbc) - Monkey thoughts control computer
(wiki) - Brain-computer interface
(wiki) - Electroencephalography
(wiki) - Electroencephalophone - Uses brainwaves to generate sounds.
Brainmagic
Control your computer with your thoughts. Hook it up to your home automation system, and just by thinking you can turn on lights and lock doors.
Imagine changing the channel just by thinking. All this is possible with Brainmagic. The ultimate thinking cap!
Future sites:
Brainwand
Brainclicker
Su Xuecheng - Robot Engineering Technology Research Centre
Shandong University of Science and Technology - http://www.sdkd.net.cn/english/eindex.htm
Electrodes in pigeons to control their flight.