Smarter Life Challenge - Brainwaves based appliance controller - Update 4

RE: Smarter Life Challenge - Brainwaves based appliance controller - Update 4

vsluiter — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:43:46 GMT

Cool to see your progress, I like the illustrations, both the photo as the LabView plots.

EEG is very difficult, also to correlate which signal "means" what (almost everything should be statistically tested to get no false postives / negatives). Wise choice to use eye muscles.

One question: would it have been possible to use the opamps in the PSOC for the amplifiers you're making (except for their physical distance from the electrode)?

RE: Smarter Life Challenge - Brainwaves based appliance controller - Update 4

DAB — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 19:58:32 GMT

I found my MindWave Headset.

It was only about 100 USD when I bought it a couple of years ago.

It does capture all of the signals you are using with a simple headclip and dry contacts.

They do have an SDK to get access to all of the raw data, but it looks like your current sensors are able to meet your needs.

I bought the Headset to see if it could monitor my pain levels. Sure enough, I was able to watch my concentration ability fade in and out over time.

I was amazed at how regular my brain cycled in and out of distraction on a fairly regular time.

I liked your initial results. I look forward to seeing how successful you are at controlling things with your sensors.

Thanks

DAB

RE: Smarter Life Challenge - Brainwaves based appliance controller - Update 4

PaulMakesThings — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:49:43 GMT

I hope you'll post the schematics when you get your design optimized. I would love to try this out for lucid dream induction, which requires REM detection. It already looks to be getting a better signal than anything I've tried.