Learn how to use Muse, a wearable brain-interface device developed by InteraXon, to create mind-controlled artworks. Import data into Arduino, Processing or MaxMSP to drive visualizations, make things move, illuminate, and more! You do not need to have a Muse brainwave-sensing device to participate. We will have them available for use throughout the workshop.

Date: Saturday October 10, 2015

Time: 10am - 4pm

Registration Fee: $75 Members; $100 Non-Members

Material Fee: None. There will be Muse headbands for use during the workshops; participants do not have to purchase them.

What, if any, prerequisite knowledge should students have? Some experience writing code in Arduino, Processing, MaxMSP, or Python.

What to Bring: Laptop Mac or PC

Required Software: Whatever software students are most comfortable coding in Arduino, Processing, MaxMSP, or Python, and any materials required for their prototype project.

About the Muse Brainwave-sensing Device taken from interaxon.ca:

Although brain-controlled interface BCI technology may sound futuristic, it is very real and rooted in the present. In fact, InteraXon designs and builds both the hardware and the software that brings the technology to you. BCI is based on harnessing the various types of electrical waves that the neurons of your brain produce.

For example, when youre asleep, your brain emits delta waves. When youre calm and relaxed, you create more alpha and theta waves. When youre really concentrating on something like one of those Sudoku puzzles, your brain is busy churning out either beta or 'gamma' waves. We use EEG sensors to read and interpret these waves, and software to convert these brainwaves into digital signals that various apps can understand. Whats equally important to know is what BCI CANT do. The technology cant read your mind. It cant record your dreams. It cant reveal your secrets. And most importantly: it cant control your thoughts.

Another way of putting it: taking your pulse can tell you how fast your heart is beating, but it cant control your heart rate or tell you whether you were just jogging or riding a bike. BCI technology can tell you how active your brain is, but it cant tell what you're actually thinking about.