Control any gadgets with your Brain! (Neurofeedback with Arduino Microcontroller)

You've Seen many cool gadgets on news like, controlling robot.
I've been pretty shaken up with that one. So after some 6 months of research, I made my own!
All the parts cost me less then 100$! Thats cool isn't it?

Materials:

- 1 MindFlex - 50$ <= Got mine from EBay!
- 1 Arduino Microcontroller <= Visit the official Aruino Site Here!
- Some Wires <= Duh! I got it from my old mashed up computer...
- A Personal Computer <= Everyone has it. Right?
- Some time

Software & Files:

- Arduino GUI <= Download Right Here!
- Arduino Brain Example Code <= Download at the bottom!

Tools:

- Soldering Iron <= You'll need it.
- Hot Glue gun <= Not REALLY needed, but we have to secure wires right?
- Drill <= Not really needed, its used to make a hole so wire can go through the case
- Other tools (Pliers, Wire Cutters, Wire Strippers, etc.) <= This will help ya!

Well, Thats about it! Lets move on!

Step 1 Prepare your Arduino Software!

First, Make sure your arduino is connected to your computer with USB connector and
the Arduino GUI is installed.
I will assume that you already had experiance with uploading code into your arduino. If not, Check This guide!

When thats done, Open up the downloaded 'Brain' folder and click'Examples'. Then you will see 2 folders
For now, We will use the program 'BrainSerialOut'. So open the folder and Double-Click the
'BrainSerialOut.pde' file and upload it into your Arduino.

Thats all the software you will need!! :D

Helpful Notes: The 'Brain.cpp' and 'Brain.h' is a library for this program. Make sure the
'BrainSerialOut.pde' file is in the same folder with 'Brain.cpp' and 'Brain.h' or else it wont work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Bionic Chandru]

Hello I science your project is very nice Atlast we can see only led blinking and how can i add any object to O/P port and how can i control it?, Exaple how to connect fan in which port in arduino.

[TylerBerzzz]

Hey man, that was a great instructable! I'm thinking about doing it but im completely unfamilliar with arduinos, yet i really would like to control electronics with my mind. I believe that you'd have to program the arduino specifically to what device you are trying to control and i have no idea how to do that. All im experienced in is programming on RobotC :/ you should make another instructable on you controlling something with your mind

[smiffyjoebob]

I am looking for a way to make and use a BCI like this to control 'Hot Keys' for videogames (ex 1-0 on the top of the keyboard). Would this project work for that/would I need some more programs to make it work? could you point me in the right direction?

[mysterion]

What an amazing project, your research paid off.
Technology like this is the next generation
Cheers and Thanks for the great read!

[magicthegathering]

Thanks. How about a video?

[iScience]

I hope you liked it!
I was thinking about that too. But I dont know :P

[robot797]

were can i get a cheap sensor?

[iScience]

I got mine from Ebay for 50$. The MindFlex comes with the whole bunch of Game consoles as a kit which makes it more expensive (since we are only going to
need a EEG headset). I think there is some store out there that sells the EEG headset alone.

Cheers! And thanks for taking time to read this instructable!

[iScience]

If you need any help, comment!!! Ill love to help!!!