Murphy + Bussell’s new Brainscan Headdress is seen here in development during Ars Electronica’s online Brain interface Hackathon (2020). Over an intensive 24hrs we designed, tested, 3d printed and roughly assembled a new responsive headress which visualises EEG data through different coloured lights. This new design translates individual (alpha, gamma , beta) brain activity data feeds taken from EEG sensors applied to the scalp . The live data is simplified and transformed into specific allocated colours and light intensities. We intimately connected the person’s who’s brain is being monitored with their observer – in this instance, enabling Charlie to wear Robin’s thoughts.
At the close of the hackathon we presented the development and outcomes of our work..and won 3rd prize (though this may have been a prize for Robin’s beard) ..
Here is a short clip of students from Kingston School of Art testing out the first headdress prototype: