MindSet for Developers and Consumers
The NeuroSky MindSet headset is our first product available to the public. It is a brainwave interface headset with medical-grade data acquisition for research or consumer use. It measures electrical impulses generated by mental activity, and uses proprietary algorithms to calculate the observed types of brain behavior. For consumer games and education, The MindSet makes calculated brainwave levels and interpreted mental states (currently “attention” and “meditation”) available as digital input for computers, phones, software, and devices. There are currently over a dozen games and educational applications available for download on our store. For sophisticated developers, raw unfiltered brainwave measurements are available through use of our SDK. In all cases, the data is fed to the computer via wireless Bluetooth and includes both audio and voice support for MP3 and VoIP.
Looks like a PD interface has already been made:
http://github.com/qdot/np_mindset/blob/master/README.txt np_mindset is an external for either Max/MSP or Puredata to receive information from the Neurosky Mindset.
Portability of source between Max and Pd is available thanks to flext ( http://www.parasitaere-kapazitaeten.net/ext/flext/ )
Some other interesting links:
http://developer.neurosky.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11 ( Control of Lighting Systems with MindSet )
http://developer.neurosky.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=17 ( Python ThinkGear parser )
In terms of broad access to an unlimited range of apps, it makes sense to interface the neurosky SDK at the Jack level. Architecturally, one way of segmenting such an application would be to interface the C++ SDK into a Qt-based client like http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net/qmidictl-index.html (multicasting brainwaves over the net via ipMIDI) and then use http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net/qmidinet-index.html to hook into Jack.
Niels
http://nielsmayer.comPS: neurosky should consider funding or enabling development of such open-source tools for Linux.
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