Brain-Computer Interface Workshop at Hotel Zetta

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Have you ever wondered how people wearing one of these strange <A HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93computer_interface" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BCI</A> headsets can control things with their mind? Perhaps you’d like a chance to tinker with an <A HREF="http://openbci.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">OpenBCI</A> headset, but don’t have one handy and don’t know how to get started? This is your big chance.
In this workshop, organized by <A HREF="http://neurotechx.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NeuroTechX" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NeuroTechX</A> and <A HREF="http://www.viceroyhotelsandresorts.com/en/zetta" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Hotel Zetta" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hotel Zetta</A>, we will start from the neuroscience fundamentals and move up. By the end, you will play with your very own brain-computer interface, understanding the components involved. Through this process you will get a sense of the technology involved, its potential, and its limits. 
We will focus on a specific brain-computer interface in the interactive portion, but we will build the concepts broadly, and provide plenty of guidance and resources so that you would know where to start to build your own project with brainwaves.
 
Schedule
13:00 - 13:15: Meet and greet
13:15 - 13:45: Intro to BCI
<UL>
<LI>Quick overview of Neuroscience</LI>
<LI>BCI paradigms</LI>
</UL>
13:45 - 13:55: Break
13:55 - 14:10: EEG Overview
<UL>
<LI>What is EEG?</LI>
<LI>How do you use it? </LI>
<LI>Common pitfalls of EEG</LI>
<LI>Quick overview of commercial EEG headsets</LI>
</UL>
14:10 - 14:30: Intro to OpenBCI (open-source EEG headset)
14:30 - 14:40: Break
14:40 - 15:25: Build your own BCI!
15:25 - 16:30: Open projects session 
 
Requirements
Bring your computer and download the OpenBCI GUI: <A HREF="http://openbci.com/downloads" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://openbci.com/downloads</A>
 
Sponsors
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Hotel Zetta is a luxury boutique hotel located in the heart of San Francisco’s famously techy-savvy SoMa district. Hotel Zetta invites style-seeking travelers and local professionals to work, connect, play and get inspired during their stay in our boutique hotel.
 
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OpenBCI is an <A CLASS="mw-redirect" HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Open source" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">open source</A> <A CLASS="mw-redirect" HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain-computer_interface" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Brain-computer interface" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">brain-computer interface</A> platform. OpenBCI was created by Joel Murphy and Conor Russomanno, after a successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2013.
OpenBCI boards can be used to measure and record electrical activity produced by the brain (<A CLASS="mw-redirect" HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEG" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="EEG" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">EEG</A>), muscles (<A HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromyography" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Electromyography" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">EMG</A>), and heart (<A CLASS="mw-redirect" HREF="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EKG" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="EKG" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">EKG</A>), and is compatible with standard EEG electrodes. The OpenBCI boards can be used with the open source OpenBCI GUI, or they can be integrated with other open-source EEG signal processing tools.
 
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<A HREF="http://neurotechx.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="NTX" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NeuroTechX</A> is a non-profit organization whose mission is to build a strong global neurotechnology community by providing key resources and learning opportunities, and by being leaders in local and world-wide technological initiatives.

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