Artist duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet collaborated with MTG researcher Sebastian Mealla to produce custom scarves featuring brainwave activity recorded with a non-invasive EEG headset. Brain activity such as relaxation, excitement, and cognitive load were measured while listening to Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” and the data was converted into knitting patterns with Knitic, their open-source knitting machine.
Artist duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet collaborated with MTG researcher Sebastian Mealla to produce custom scarves with their open source knitting machine, which feature brainwave activity recorded with a non-invasive EEG headset.
Yesterday I went to check out Burning Man Decompression in San Francisco. As always, there were incredible costumes: a pair of giant cardboard robots, interacting with passersby, a gentleman dressed as a walking gold lamé shower, and my personal favorite, brainwave-controlled animal ears.
Measuring brainwaves is not just for neuroscientists anymore. So, how shall we use our newfound sensory powers?
In this video, Tan Le, president of Emotiv Systems, demos the company’s computer-controller that uses brainwaves, thoughts, to direct actions on a computer. Her test subject is renowned AI researcher Marvin Minsky. The real action starts at 10:35, and I have to admit, it was pretty thrilling to see Marvin rotate that cube with his […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Member Okini393939 built this stylin’ brain machine from what appears to be an old pair of sunglasses and enhanced the lenses with a mosaic-spiral look. He even thought to include basic instructions on the interior! “Close eyes, 14 minutes” – something one may grow weary of repeating to the […]
