Pour beer with the power of thought



    This is “NeuroCrane”: with the help of the neural interface, you control the process of bottling drinks with the power of thought.

    To get a drink - you need to focus your attention. If the concentration exceeds the programmed level, the valve opens.



    And this is a safe, opened by the power of thought in the quest in reality "Cyberpunk". There are four valves, each with its own level of complexity. The first can be opened with almost no concentration, and the last is a challenge for the skill of concentration.

    Both devices can be tested in St. Petersburg: NeuroKran - in the Fablab of the Polytechnic University, and a safe - in Lostroom , on Nevsky Prospekt, 61.



    These devices are made on the basis of Neurosky MindWave team NeuroLab , which in 2013 beginning to develop applications for mobile non-invasive interfaces "brain-computer» (brain-computer interface, BCI ).

    Both devices are essentially a neurotracer in a playful way: with regular training, task complexity (pour a full glass in 60, 50, 40 sec ...), visualization on the indicator of the amount of brain activity - the effect of biological feedback is manifested.



    Many different people at various events such as Science Slam tried themselves with NeuroCrane. The question often arises: what should be imagined for concentration? Motive images help someone, solving problems for someone. But with the guys from Kazan, a version of reading in the Tatar language was born. Indeed, the brain is surprised and focuses.



    There, in Kazan, there was such an episode. A guy came up and started trying to pour himself a glass of drink, it turned out on the tenth attempt and quite a bit. And then another came, quickly got used to it and began to set and hold the value of the amplitude of the EEG wave given by it. The first asked a natural question: why is there such a difference in the results? The second one explained that he works as a rehabilitologist and by nature he constantly has to deal with different patients and non-trivial tasks (the profession of the first guy turned out to be construction).

    Indeed, in the scientific literature there are many descriptions about the fact that the ability to arbitrarily control the parameters of one’s own brain activity is a trained property, and the management efficiency is determined by individual characteristics, primarily the ability to concentrate. Well, of course, we must not forget about the balance of nervous processes, which has a significant impact on the effectiveness of EEG training.

    PS Lostroom plans to apply the technology in the field of quests and more, but more on that next time.

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