MOTIVATION

Inspired by the movie “The diving bell and the butterfly”, where Jean Bauby wrote a full book only by blinking his left eyelid, we worked towards creating a musical instrument that uses no hands, no feet -- only head. We hacked a EEG wireless headset to allow the player to control music by his level of concentration - s/he must find the right tone in their mind among chaos. Connected to Ardunio Nano, and running PD on a connected laptop to generate music. Toy parts for less than $150.

SKETCHES/PROTOTYPING

HELLO WORLD PROTOTYPE VIDEO

FINAL PRESENTATION VIDEO

PRESS/MEDIA:

http://hackaday.com/2009/10/20/brain-control-for-the-arduino/

In collaboration with Joel Sadler, Roy Fejgin & Adam Sheppard. As part of MUSIC 250A course @ Stanford.