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Brain Jazz – how to create music with the power of your mind

The wired performer controls the musical stream, based on series of pitches, rhythms and timbers, by means of brain-wave biofeedback system, which measures performer’s electroencephalogram, tracks movement of eyes and mimic of the face, analyzing and interpreting incoming data into development of the flexible musical structure.

Bringing the physical and virtual worlds together

Software called Aurasma enables its users to gesture at their devices to manipulate it. The app was created of out using technology that is capable of recognizing images, symbols and objects in the real world and understanding them. It can then deliver relevant content in real time, including videos, animations, audio or webpages.

Using the smartphone’s camera, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi internet and its position, acceleration and direction, the technology combines image recognition and a conceptual understanding of the 3D world to recognize objects and images and seamlessly merge augmented reality actions into the scene. Without the need for barcodes or tags, the app is able to see its surrounding environment and make it fully interactive.

No need to touch a touchscreen or scroll a scroll wheel. And there’s no proprietary hardware needed – Aurasma works on Apple’s iPhones and iPads, as well as Google’s Android phones.

Any brilliant head in the world

If you had an opportunity to use any brilliant head in the world, what would you do?)

Smart homes for all – how does BCI help us interact with our home?


Smart home technology is really important for paralysed people. It is very important that smart homes enter the mass market so that the costs of domestic devices decrease, making these systems cheaper for patients. Being able to interact with your home and coordinate its devices using your brainwaves has long been imagined in the realms of science.

But an international group of scientists is already working on a project called SM4all. This project is an embedded middleware platform for pervasive and immersive environments, developing smart homes for all, but with a special focus on the elderly, disabled and chronically ill.

The project looks to impact the lives of those with limited or no physical movement through the use of brain computer interface (BCI) technology. For people who are totally or partially paralysed, this technology and its applications could represent a great step forward in performing simple actions autonomously.  Continue reading

Catching brainwaves and nerve impulses — what’s the difference?

Japanese company Cyberdyne is helping people who cannot walk to regain mobility by dressing them in a full-body robotic suit called “HAL”.

“HAL” reads nerve impulses, not brainwaves – Cyberdyne uses tiny sensors on the limbs to measure the subject’s intention to move, even if the physical act is impossible.

When a person attempts to move, nerve signals are sent from the brain to the muscles via motoneuron, moving the musculoskeletal system as a consequence. At this moment, very weak biosignals can be detected on the surface of the skin. “HAL” catches these signals through a sensor attached to the skin of the wearer, and responds by moving its arms or legs. Webcams and computer screens enable the user to pilot and communicate with friends and family through their proxy body.  Continue reading