State-of-the-art Research EEG Facilities in Islamabad, Pakistan

by Prof. Dr. Stefan Debener, Neuropsychology Lab, University of Oldenburg, Germany and Dr. Awais Kamboh, Neuroinformatics Group, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan For decades, Pakistan has been suffering from earthquakes, floods, poverty, political instability, a fragile infrastructure, terrorism and regional violence. Indeed, it has been…

LiveAmp goes “open-source” with OpenViBE, BCI2000 and LSL (LabStreamingLayer)

by Ratko Petrovic, M.Sc., Project Manager & Software Developer (Brain Products) and Dr. David Medine, Software Developer (Brain Products) LiveAmp joins the Brain Products family of amplifiers (BrainAmp, actiCHamp and V-Amp) that can be used by the open-source community. This article shows how to use LiveAmp in OpenViBE, BCI2000 and LSL open-source frameworks. The table…

Annapurna Base Camp: Studying the Brain at High Altitude

by Matt Gaidica PhD Candidate Neuroscience Graduate Program University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA) Contact: mgaidica@med.umich.edu http://gaidi.ca Introduction Human achievement at high altitude requires the performance of skilled behaviors with cognitive clarity. To better understand how the brain changes at high altitude during a motor task we used the actiCAP Xpress Bundle to characterize motor…

Brain Products sponsors teams entering the BCI Race at Cybathlon 2016

by Dominik Dietze Product Manager (Brain Products) Cybathlon 2016 (www.cybathlon.ethz.ch), which will be held in Zurich (Switzerland) on October 8, 2016, is a championship dedicated to pilots with disabilities using advanced assistive devices in various competitions. The vision of Cybathlon is to provide a platform for the development of novel assistive technologies that are useful…