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techniques of neural interfacing?

onlyus - 17-1-2005 at 22:21

i am doing research on the techniques of neural interfacing and i can't seem to find anything very specific. the most complex answer i have gotten is "you insert an electrode next to a neuron" and, well, thats about it. so if anyone has any really good web sites or anything i would be much abliged. i have tried google and other search engines but it mostly seems to be all theoretical at this point. thanks for the help.

chemoleo - 18-1-2005 at 12:46

You may want to check out biomedical journals.
For instance, the PubMed data base yielded 650 something articles, upon searching for neural interface.

An article such as this and the references within may help you with your further search.

onlyus - 18-1-2005 at 18:27

that website was exactly what i was looking for. thanks:)

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franklyn - 1-2-2012 at 14:12

Penny for your thoughts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/31/mind-reading-p...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2012/jan/31/thoughts...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9051909/Mind...

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zoombafu - 7-2-2012 at 22:02

Im not sure what you are looking to do exactly (or if you are just interested in theory) but there is this somewhat new game called a mindflex, where you put this headgear on and you use your brain to control a ball http://www.amazon.com/Mattel-P2639-Mindflex-Game/dp/B001UEUH... . I have seen some hacks/mods that people have done using the mind reading apparatus. So if you are looking to build something you could buy one of these used and do some reverse engineering.

Time marches on , if not here , then elsewhere

franklyn - 18-8-2013 at 11:39

www.reuters.com/video/2013/08/13/reuters-tv-new-software-bri...

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drwahab - 16-9-2013 at 23:00

wow...mindflex looks very, very cool!

Chemosynthesis - 29-9-2013 at 07:05

I doubt these are in the articles, but some invasive techniques for neural interfacing are being developed such as using fiber optics and optogenetics to cause more rapid release of neurotransmitters across long distances, the theoretical possibility of using in vivo micro dialysis with a spectroscopic technique and computer, single and multi electron EEG recordings with stimulation, etc. Trans cranial magnetic interfaces are more ideal and are being developed such a recent article about scientists transmitting motor cortex transmissions over Skype.

bfesser - 29-9-2013 at 07:09

Quote: Originally posted by Chemosynthesis  
Trans cranial magnetic interfaces are more ideal and are being developed such a recent article about scientists transmitting motor cortex transmissions over Skype.
Citation, please.

mayko - 29-9-2013 at 07:57


This may be worth looking into: EEG for less than $1k, as well as an open source hack for interfacing.

http://www.emotiv.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotiv_Systems
http://hackaday.com/2010/09/13/python-library-for-emotiv-eeg...

Chemosynthesis - 29-9-2013 at 09:21

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/08/brain-to-brain_interface...

Not the article I originally read, but showed up first when I searched "brain Skype" under my current SEO conditions. Hopefully still useful in concept despite being media and not peer reviewed.

Quote: Originally posted by bfesser  
Citation, please.



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manomanom - 17-11-2013 at 14:50

Wiki biofeedback lists some of the different types of bio-sensors that exist. :)

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