OpenBCI

OpenBCI is an open-source brain–computer interface platform[1] created by Joel Murphy and Conor Russomanno, after a successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2013.

OpenBCI boards are low-cost biometric amplifiers[2] used to measure and record electrical activity produced by the brain (EEG), muscles (EMG), and heart (EKG).

[13] Locked in graffiti artist Tempt One has used the OpenBCI and the low-cost Eyewriter eye-tracking system to continue to draw after being diagnosed with the degenerative nerve disorder ALS.

[14] In 2023 OpenBCI's CEO & cofounder, Conor Russomanno, presented the talk A powerful new neurotech tool for augmenting your mind[15] on the TED main stage alongside Christian Bayerlein, a web developer and accessibility activist based in Koblenz, Germany.

Galea has also previously won a Unity Aerospace & Defense award and an AWE Auggie Award for Best Interaction Product[20] After the successful 2023 TED talk was met with standing ovation, NPR featured OpenBCI and Galea in a TED Radio Hour episode called Brain Hacks: The beginning of mind-reading technology?

No, it's not science fiction[21] OpenBCI has also had several other notable media features including in the episode The tech harnessing the power of thought[22] of CNN's Decoded series.