OpenBCI, a Williamsburg -based technology company, has devised a 3D -printed headset called Ultracortex Mark IV , which records EMG brainwaves and EEG face muscle signals, converting these into circuit board signals to operate anything from a remote-controlled helicopter to a robotic arm. Jedi masters aren't the only ones who can move things with their minds. Each headset takes 25 to 30 hours to make, costs $ 450 and all the hardware and software is open source, unlike many of its competitors. The company has plans to design a new version of the headset that can send electricity into the brain as well as out of it, through a technology called, transcranial direct current stimulation technology (tDCS).
OpenBCI, a Williamsburg -based technology company, has devised a 3D -printed headset called Ultracortex Mark IV , which records EMG brainwaves and EEG face muscle signals, converting these into circuit board signals to operate anything from a remote-controlled helicopter to a robotic arm. Each headset takes 25 to 30 hours to make, costs $ 450 and all the hardware and software is open source, unlike many of its competitors. The company has plans to design a new version of the headset that can send electricity into the brain as well as out of it, through a technology called, transcranial direct current stimulation technology (tDCS).