[Noisebridge-discuss] brain-controlled robotics project

[Steve Castellotti]

     Hey my pleasure and I will certainly bring my kit around whenever I 
drop by. Most likely that will be Mondays though if someone interested 
in collaborating is only available another particular night then maybe 
some accommodation can be reached.

     In any case Rachel, I think at the start of the night you were 
doing just fine with the single-direction thought control, before we 
started running into all of that strange electrical noise showing up in 
the raw EEG signals. Also bear in mind you were sitting down at the time 
and later when trying to control the wheelchair were standing. The less 
muscles are used the less EMG will cloud the EEG data.

     That's one of the reasons I always tell the kids that they need to 
sit still before they try to focus and control the robots! We'll give it 
another go next time for sure.


-S


On 11/17/2010 01:58 AM, Rachel McConnell wrote:
> This was awesome fun and super interesting, thanks so much Steve!
>
> Steve's setup is quite simple and clear and he kindly let me mess around
> with the Emotiv headset for quite some time, trying to control my brain.
>   It is a lot harder than I'd have thought!  As he mentioned, I wasn't
> able to manage the 'pure' thought control really at all, I had to fall
> back to facial tics which was plenty difficult.  Perhaps he'll bring
> this equipment again and let someone else have a try.
>
> Steve, do you think perhaps a meditator might have an easier time with
> it? or someone with any kind of mental discipline... NOT LIKE ME.
>
> Rachel

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Steve Castellotti
Puzzlebox Limited