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Open-Source Gear For Making Mind-Controlled Gadgets

Posted by samzenpus on from the free-your-mind dept.

the_newsbeagle writes If you've been hankering to control a robotic battle spider with your mind but haven't known how to begin, you're in luck. A startup called OpenBCI is now selling an Arduino-compatible board that any reasonably competent DIYer can use to build a brain-computer interface. The board takes in data from up to 8 EEG scalp electrodes, and hackers are already using it to pull of some good tricks. There's the guy with the battle spiders, and there's a group in L.A. building a paint-by-brain system for a paralyzed graffiti artist.

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  1. Wrong system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "There's the guy with the battle spiders, and there's a group in L.A. building a paint-by-brain system for a paralyzed graffiti artist."

    We'd prefer a system that's able to paralyze graffiti 'artists'.

    1. Re:Wrong system by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      fuck oth

      hope that cunt got paralyzed while graffiti'ng something

    2. Re:Wrong system by Darinbob · · Score: 1

      Be a shame of paralysis cuts short a vandalism career. If the "artist" got permission first before painting the wall then it's not graffiti anymore.

    3. Re:Wrong system by flyneye · · Score: 1

      I had been thinking along the lines of an open source program to mind control turret mounted automatic weapons and lock on missles for that less tense commute back to the house. It's far safer to keep both hands on the wheel.

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  2. LOL ... by gstoddart · · Score: 2

    I for one welcome our new mind-controlled battle-spider overlords.

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    1. Re:LOL ... by gstoddart · · Score: 1

      a battle spider the size of a cubic meter would be roughly one million kilotons and would quickly collapse into a black hole if any larger

      So, make a billion smaller spiders around a cubic liter ... do I have to think of everything?

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  3. Where's the video of robot spider mind control? by meustrus · · Score: 1

    I clicked the link hoping to see a video of "the guy with the battle spiders" but was disappointed. Why would you advertise robot spider mind control and not put up a video? Now I have sad face :(

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    1. Re:Where's the video of robot spider mind control? by meustrus · · Score: 1

      Correction: where's the good video? I guess I was expecting to see a horde of the things coming down the street, or at least something better controlled.

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    2. Re:Where's the video of robot spider mind control? by gstoddart · · Score: 2

      If you had a mind controlled robot spider, would you be wasting your time uploading a video?

      Only if it began with "Attention people of Earth" ...

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    3. Re:Where's the video of robot spider mind control? by SuricouRaven · · Score: 1

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    4. Re:Where's the video of robot spider mind control? by iggymanz · · Score: 1

      there you types go again, demanding reality and proof anytime sales efforts based on hype are made. where is your hope, your dreams, vision? and most importantly, your wallet?

  4. Show me the source. by LordMyren · · Score: 1

    Where is the source? The Github repo says "This repository contains the core OpenBCI hardware and software frameworks," but there's no schematics, no board layout, nothing.

    The $500 price tag seems absolutely absurd for what is essentially an already-made $30 ADC and it's breakout board.

  5. brain control by MooseTick · · Score: 1

    Mind control is good and all, but brain control is where the real power is. ....
    And I release you!

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  6. Combined projects by aprentic · · Score: 1

    This would go really well with a wearable computer and a HUD.
    If I could get one of these and a set of Meta Space Glasses I'd have one more really awesome project that I never got around to working on.

  7. This might be better... by mspohr · · Score: 1

    This one looks like it's more complete (includes headset)... plus, it seems to be cheaper.
    Not sure about how "open" it is, though.

    https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...

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  8. Droids by ubrgeek · · Score: 1

    Unless these are not the droids you are looking for.

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  9. Open-Source Gear For Making Mind-Control Gadget by storkus · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one who read this as Mind-Control(ling)? And here I thought I could make a Arduino version of the Chum Bucket Mind Control Helmet and capture me a girlfriend...oh, well...