Cerebral Hack

As of June 1st 2009 NeuroSky has released their BCI product commercially.  This is something that I personally have been looking forward to for quite some time.  The price is right, a lot of big names have picked up NeuroSky’s technology (names like Mattel, Star Wars, and Square Enix’s Judecca come to mind).

For $199 here is what you get

(Taken from their Product page)

•    1 MindSet
•    1 Bluetooth Dongle
•    1 USB Cord
•    1 MindSet BCI Demonstration CD (The Adventures of NeuroBoy BCI Technical Demonstration & Brainwave Visualizer)
•    1 Quick Start Guide

Features

•    The MindSet reports the wearer’s mental state in the form of NeuroSky proprietary Attention & Meditation eSense™ algorithms.
•    Captures brainwave signals from 0 -100Hz.
•    Providing information on a user’s Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma brainwave band power levels
•    Versatile; applicable to any industry
•    Configurable—the ThinkGear™ component can output raw neural signals or specific commands to the device.

Also included:

•    Instructional videos and detailed documentation
•    “NeuroBoy,” – a game demo and example environment that highlights different ways to implement NeuroSky’s brainwave algorithms. In the game, you play as NeuroBoy, a gifted kid with mental super powers. Float, push, burn, and interact with the world using your mental might.
•    Brainwave Visualizer and NeuroSky’s demonstration tools – The Brainwave Visualizer paints brainwave activity dynamically displaying the information in an artistic and vibrant manner. With the additional NeuroTech R&D Kit, users can perform their own brainwave research, or develop their own software and hardware applications to interact with, and take advantage of all the MindSet’s capabilities.*1

System requirements:

• Windows Vista (preferred),
• 2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo or Equivalent Processor,
• 256MB 3D Graphics Card for Games and Demonstrations,
• 1GB Memory,
• DirectX 10.