ssomanno’s TED Talk featured a never-before-seen demo of assistive neurotech:
With climactic success, @cbayerlein , activist and neuro-hacker living with spinal muscular atrophy, flies a drone over the audience.
Using OpenBCI’s Neurofly toolkit and the Varjo Aero VR headset, he showed the power of assistive neurotech + wearable sensors to extend one’s brain/body functions.
This and other advances in neurotech will open doorways to new interactions with computers, and change how we interact with computers just as much as AI.
Though Christian wore a custom Galea headset, you can use off-the-shelf OpenBCI hardware to replicate his joystick controls for your own project.
True to our open-source roots, we made a D-I-Y tutorial for those looking to #Neurofly at home ⬇️
🚀 /Software/OpenBCISoftware/NeuroFly_Toolkit/
“I’m going to stop talking about it, and we’re gonna show you...”
Watch Christian Bayerlein fly a drone over the TED2023 audience using hardware and software created by OpenBCI.
This software is also now open source and available here:
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Users will have the ability to create a personalized joystick that detects muscle movement and responds accordingly through the OpenBCI GUI, similar to the demonstration performed by Christian in the 2023 OpenBCI TED Talk.
#openbci #neuroscience #brain #research #opensource #tedtalk
Imagine a world where our everyday interactions are enhanced by advanced sensors.
The beginnings of that future are seen in the sensors OpenBCI put together in Galea, a XR-sensor fusion headset prototype.
The next frontier is neurotech: OpenBCI's Galea headset, along with advances in assistive controls, points to a wild, wearable road ahead.
"Right now, it's enough of a struggle to convince people of the value of VR and AR and wearable visual tech.
But improving the ways we can eventually interface with spatial computing or the real world might be part of the answer to how VR/AR could evolve into something far more meaningful…and possibly unsettling.
It already feels like personal tech is developing a deeper relationship with our senses and our brains." - says Scott Stein, senior tech writer for CNET.
ACM x AI/ML Club Hackathon 2025 - Award Ceremony Highlights! 🏆
What an incredible weekend of innovation, teamwork, and creativity!
The Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Club and ACM collaborated to organize an amazing hackathon at Cal State LA, during the weekend of November 1–2.
A huge congratulations to all our winners and participants who showcased inspiring projects that truly pushed boundaries.
We’re beyond grateful to everyone who made this event possible: our amazing judges, faculty supervisors, and volunteers.
Special thanks to our sponsor @OpenBCI for supporting student innovation and providing awesome T-shirts for everyone!
Our Overall Winners:
1st Place Overall Champion: goat Barkeshli - Pasadena City College (PCC) & Cal State LA;
2nd Place: The Sigmoids - Cerritos College;
3rd Place: Backspace - Pasadena City College (PCC), East Los Angeles College (ELAC), and Fullerton College
Theme Champions:
Healthcare: goat Barkeshli - Pasadena City College (PCC) & Cal State LA;
Education: WalNuts - Mt San Antonio College (MTSAC);
Environment: Team - Cal State LA
Category Champions:
Technical: The Sigmoids;
Creativity: goat Barkeshli;
Practicality: goat Barkeshli
#Hackathon #AIMLClub #ACM #CSULA #OpenBCI #Hackathon2025 #Innovation
The Ganglion 4-channel EXG Board is the biosensor of choice for DIY scientists, instructors, teaching labs, and classrooms!
Through September, get $1,000+ off your Ganglion Board order!
Shop the sale at shop.openbci.com
🚨 Voting closes Sunday 🗓️
What does technology mean for the HumanOS?
How will the way we live, work, and connect change?
Help us spotlight these questions and more, on the @sxsw stage 🔦 !
We ask you to "❤️" all of OpenBCI's Panels, including:
💻 𝘖𝘗𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘚𝘠𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘔𝘚 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘙𝘋 𝘔𝘐𝘓𝘓𝘌𝘕𝘐𝘜𝘔: 𝘈𝘐 + 𝘟𝘙 + 𝘕𝘌𝘜𝘙𝘖
Featuring voices across industries and disciplines 🎙️:
Joseph Artuso, OpenBCI President and CCO
Nita Farahany, author of "Battle for Your Brain"
Antonio Forenza, PhD, AWEAR CEO and Founder
Matt Angle, @paradromics_inc CEO and Founder
Help us make the conversation happen:
Vote 🗳️
Panels will be publicly viewable after #SXSW2026 🔗
🧠🧘♀️ Can #Yoga Help Relieve #Period Pain? #Brainwave Data Says Yes (with Help from OpenBCI!)
In a new study, researchers explored the effects of yoga asanas on primary dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain), but with a twist: the impact was measured not just through physical symptoms, but through brainwave changes captured via #EEG.
Using the #OpenBCI Cyton Board, the team recorded EEG signals from participants before and after a series of yoga sessions. The data showed significant shifts in frequency ranges associated with pain and stress, offering concrete neurophysiological evidence of yoga’s calming and pain-relieving effects.
📊 The EEG recordings were further processed using deep learning models, which successfully classified pre- and post-yoga brain states with over 90% accuracy, validating the measurable impact of mind-body practices on brain activity.
This research underscores the growing role of accessible #neurotechnology, like OpenBCI, in making brain-computer interface studies more scalable and affordable across domains like women’s health, pain management, and holistic medicine.
We’re proud to see OpenBCI hardware supporting innovative #research at the intersection of #neuroscience and wellbeing!
Check out the full paper at this link in our bio!
🚀 With the Galea launch, we set out to re-define the frontiers of human-computer interaction 👩🏻💻
🌐 Research institutes, universities, and companies around the world choose Galea for its multi-modal, time-locked sensors + ultra-high fidelity AR/VR/XR.
🔬Curious how this advanced #neurotech headset can support your research?
💬 Get in touch with OpenBCI: https://galea.co/inquire
#ar #vr #bci
We LOVE to read out-of-the-box applications for #OpenBCI boards. Like this research that uses OpenBCI to measure #EEG in SHEEP! 🐑 🧠
🔍 What It’s About This paper introduces a novel interventional brain-computer interface (#BCI) that records long-term intracranial EEG in a quadruped mammal (sheep), while accurately classifying its motion—lying down, standing, or walking.
💡 Minimally Invasive Innovation Instead of traditional open brain surgery (craniotomy), the system uses vein-based electrode insertion into the superior sagittal sinus, close to the motor cortex.
📈 Strong Results The system achieved 86% accuracy in motion prediction, with stable signal quality over several months—no surgical implant damage observed.
🔬 Why It Matters This technique proves that minimally invasive, long-term BCIs are feasible in mammals, opening up safer pathways for chronic #neuro monitoring and future clinical BCI applications.
📎 Check the link in our bio to read the full research article. (In the "Links from posts" section!)
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#research #tech #neurotech #neuroscience
The #brain as it's never before seen–and a big leap forward for #neuroscience❕
This cubic MILLIMETER of brain tissue contains 200,000 cells, four kilometers of axons – the branches that reach out to other cells, and 523 million synapses – the connection points between cells.
By combining advanced electron microscopy, brain activity recordings, and #AI, the MICrONS research program constructed a 3-D model of a visual cortex segment, the largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date.
It's not just the most complicated neuroscience experiment ever attempted–it's a transformative scientific feat, akin to AlphaFold (AI-powered prediction of protein structure) in 2024 or the Human Genome Project in 2003!
The MICrONS ultra-detailed map of the brain's intricate wiring opens new avenues for understanding both normal brain function and the underpinnings of neurological disorders.
Thanks to the @alleninstitute for Brain Science, Baylor College of Medicine, Princeton University, and other contributors to the MICrONS program.
#Neurons are often shown as solitary figures—one cell with spindly dendrites stretching into empty space.
The simplified image helps us understand a neuron’s shape, but it leaves out the context of the brain’s densely interconnected structure.
Thanks to the MICrONS project led by the @alleninstitute for Brain Science, we now have the most detailed 3D map of mammalian neurons ever created 🔬
Their high-resolution model reveals just how densely packed the #brain really is. In the visual cortex.
100,000 neurons cram into an area smaller than a grain of sand 🤯
This tightly packed network isn’t #chaotic—it’s a #masterpiece of efficiency!
#Nature has fine-tuned the brain over millions of years to be an extraordinarily efficient information-processing system.
The human brain is estimated to carry out a billion-billion calculations per second (an exaflop!), all while using just 20 watts of power—the same as a small light bulb 💡
By studying how the brain manages this kind of performance, scientists are gaining valuable insights into building smarter, more efficient computing systems.
It’s a reminder that the 𝚖̲𝚘̲𝚜̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚊̲𝚍̲𝚟̲𝚊̲𝚗̲𝚌̲𝚎̲𝚍̲ ̲#𝚝̲𝚎̲𝚌̲𝚑̲ ̲𝚘̲𝚗̲ ̲𝚝̲𝚑̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚙̲𝚕̲𝚊̲𝚗̲𝚎̲𝚝̲ ̲𝚒̲𝚜̲ ̲𝚜̲𝚝̲𝚒̲𝚕̲𝚕̲ ̲𝚒̲𝚗̲𝚜̲𝚒̲𝚍̲𝚎̲ ̲𝚘̲𝚞̲𝚛̲ ̲𝚑̲𝚎̲𝚊̲𝚍̲𝚜̲.̲
