Well I personally would like to see the result of meditation and other
activities that change
the state of mind. I'd like to make a simple game based on this. I
haven't heard of someone
doing this, and I have no idea if it would even be effective.
EEG and meditation:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43006-2005Jan2.html
But there are plenty of possibilities.
If it's really as simple as it sounds, then for a few hundred dollars
more kids with add or adhd
could have a personal system to train with. Normally EEG machines are
a few grand.
EEG and ADHD therapy: http://www.healing-arts.org/children/ADHD/biofeedback.htm
Controlling a computer by thinking is very cool.
EEG and HCI: http://johnnylee.net/academic/BCI%20Presentation6.ppt
However, tracking changes during meditation and making a game to aid meditation.
Those are my interests at the moment.
-Jeremy Bongio
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Sean Dague wrote:
> On 03/27/2010 11:11 AM, Jeremy Bongio wrote:
>> Texas Instruments is coming out with a microchip that takes care of
>> most of the difficulty with building EEG machines.
>> Each should cost around $25 for an 8 lead chip. I'm considering buying
>> a bunch when they are released.
>>
>> http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/ads1298.html
>> http://focus.ti.com/docs/solution/folders/print/464.html
>>
>> With this chip it looks like the most difficult part to building an
>> EEG machine is feeding 8 digital signals to a computer.
>> Or more than 8 if you daisy chain them. There's a formula in the spec
>> for how many can be daisy chained.
>>
>> -Jeremy Bongio
>
> Well, you could probably take that into an arduino then output to
> something more computer friendly from there.
>
> Anything specific you are planning to do with these?
>
> -Sean
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Wild Divine (http://www.wilddivine.com/) did a meditation game a few years ago, that included a bunch of mini-games. There was also another game that required you to aim and shoot an arrow based upon your heart beat. I believe that had a finger monitor. There's plenty of funding for games for health though, so definitely something that would be fun to poke at.
There have also been various experiments taking place with brain wave studies...more in the cognitive science realm if you're going to find them. I can hunt down my notes regarding them if there is significant interest (or probably a quick Google search).