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'''DIY news:'''  
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- the BCI workshop at IMF Camp (https://www.emfcamp.org/line-up/2016/239-a-smartphone-brain-computer-interface-workshop) went well, so did the http://www.meetup.com/NeuroTechLDN/events/235087825/?rv=me1 The page for the project is https://jmanart.github.io/smartphone-bci-hardware/
- the current ICIBCI meeting is https://www.meetup.com/NeuroTechLDN/events/245406475/# The page for the project is https://icibici.github.io/site/ and Git is at https://github.com/icibici/Android-diagnostic-app It works, and if anyone wants a kit to try, improve, and develop apps, please contact Colin Rowat <c.rowat@espero.org.uk>  
It works, and if anyone wants a kit to try, improve, and develop apps, please contact Colin Rowat <c.rowat@espero.org.uk>  


- USB fully software-controlled 2 channel combined electro/TMS/infrared stimulator is now fully operational
- There is a first academic review of ICIBCI at http://robertoostenveld.nl/first-steps-with-a-e20-single-channel-eeg-system/


- PoC code that internetworks BCI's from various vendors will be available soon - it already works on Macs with Mindwave and Muse
- Starting to use pink noise bands for both brainwave entrainment and covering cyclotron/larmor spectra of relevant ions using weak (a few dozen of microtesla) magnetic fields and modulated HF at 24 MHz. Emulation of global geomagnetic resonators ULF bands is to follow.


- We have obtained an intranasal electrode which can be used both for electrostimulation of medial prefrontal cortex and nootropics electrophoresis. Started experimenting with electrophoresis of 20 % solution of Piracetam
- It appears, that brainwave entrainment using weak (up to 30 mT) magnetic fields at 10 Hz only works well if supplemented with transcranial IR light (100 mW) at the same frequency
 
- Electrophoresis of 20 % solution of Piracetam: subjective effect appears in 10-15 min, while for the traditional Piracetam intake it typically takes 1-2 weeks, and is accompanied by a remarkable elevation of higher beta and gamma activity across the whole brain as measured with Muse




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-EEG -> multiple copies of the 1 channel bipolar (TrueSense Kit) sensor, multiple copies of MindWave Mobile (1 channel) and Muse (4 channels), Emotiv Epoc+ (14 channels), KT88 (16 channels, photic stimulation), AMEA slow potentials mapper (2 channels). We have also made an EEG sensor for an audio jack of any smartphone in Aug at IMFcamp hackathon. Write us if you want to play with/code for it.   
-EEG -> multiple copies of the 1 channel bipolar (TrueSense Kit) sensor, multiple copies of MindWave Mobile (1 channel) and Muse (4 channels), Emotiv Epoc+ (14 channels), KT88 (16 channels, photic stimulation), AMEA slow potentials mapper (2 channels). We have also made an EEG sensor for an audio jack of any smartphone at IMFcamp hackathon - see above.   




-tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) -> DIY, via Starstim, via foc.us  
-tDCS (transcranial direct current stimulation) -> DIY, via Starstim, via foc.us etc.




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-Weak field TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation, microtesla range or even lower) -> 64 coil Koren/Murphy/Persinger helmet augmented for placement of more coils, smaller phone tap coils - based hats and setups, large (3m) coil, MIT-MT stimulators (0.1-99 Hz range) with different size coils (induction going up to 30 mT max, 8-shaped configuration up to 10 mT) including coils with centrally positioned high power red, IR and blue LEDs for combined transcranial light/photic and magnetic stimulation, MIT-11 stimulator with coils similar to MIT-MT but different induction and frequency step settings, Almag-02 Version 2 running field (up to 50 mT) pre-programmed multi-coil stimulator, Gefest peripheral feedback 4-coil stimulator (tissues impedance - modulated very low (> 1 Hz) frequency fields up to 10 mT)
-Weak field TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation, microtesla range or even lower) -> 64 coil Koren/Murphy/Persinger helmet augmented for placement of more coils, smaller phone tap coils - based hats and setups, large (3m) coil, ELF emmit coil, MIT-MT stimulators (0.1-99 Hz range) with different size coils (induction going up to 30 mT max, 8-shaped configuration up to 10 mT) including coils with centrally positioned high power red, IR and blue LEDs for combined transcranial light/photic and magnetic stimulation, MIT-11 stimulator with coils similar to MIT-MT but different induction and frequency step settings, Almag-02 Version 2 running field (up to 50 mT) pre-programmed multi-coil stimulator, Gefest peripheral feedback 4-coil stimulator (tissues impedance - modulated very low (> 1 Hz) frequency fields up to 10 mT), Biomedis M (with a 3 V jack for coils)




- SHF/THF - Aquaton weak (microwatt range) SHF stimulator (1.001 GHz that can be modulated at 0.1, 8 and 16 Hz) with an external antenna, Orbita weak (microwatt range) THF stimulators (unmodulated, 127 GHz (O2 absorbtion frequency) and 150 GHz (NO absorption frequency)), modulated 53.5 GHz module for MIT (~1 mW,0.1-99 Hz range)
- SHF/THF - Aquaton weak (microwatt range) SHF stimulator (1.001 GHz that can be modulated at 0.1, 8 and 16 Hz) with an external antenna, Orbita weak (microwatt range) THF stimulators (unmodulated, 127 GHz (O2 absorbtion frequency) and 150 GHz (NO absorption frequency)), modulated 53.5 GHz module for MIT (~1 mW, 0-99 Hz range), Yav-1M (42.22 GHz, 10 mW) with signal reflection feedback via it's Gunn diode.




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-Other -> photopletismograph with vegetative status estimation capability, modulated high voltage "singing arc", scopes, magnetometers, function generators, amps, shielded random number generator etc.  
-Other -> photopletismographs with vegetative status estimation capability, modulated high voltage "singing arc", scopes, magnetometers, function generators, amps, shielded random number generator etc.  


Special thanks to: http://www.medintex.com/ for supplying us with kit to test.  
Special thanks to: http://www.medintex.com/ for supplying us with kit to test.  
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P.S.: folks from Mind Hacking and Biohacking groups are, of course, welcome to join in, but we surely need electronic engineering and coding enthusiasts interested in such matters!
P.S.: folks from Mind Hacking and Biohacking groups are, of course, welcome to join in, but we surely need electronics and coding enthusiasts interested in such matters!


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