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- Newsgroups: sci.psychology
- Path: sparky!uunet!seq!brownt
- From: brownt@seq.uncwil.edu (brown todd francis)
- Subject: Re: biofeedback hardware
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.151737.22646@seq.uncwil.edu>
- Keywords: biofeedback
- Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
- References: <szikopou.724615788@cunews>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 15:17:37 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- szikopou@alfred.carleton.ca (Steven Zikopoulos) writes:
-
- >Just wondering if anyone knows if a software/hardware package is
- >available that allows one to perform biofeedback on a Macintosh.
-
- >Steven Zikopoulos
- >e-mail:szikopou@ccs.carleton.ca
- >thanks
-
-
- Actually, the top of the line biofeedback device and be run on
- a Mac Classic with 2 Megs of RAM and a couple spare Megs of disk -
- total system cost less than the price of an extremely used Honda
- Accord.
-
- I am talking about the IBVA: the Interactive Brainwave Visual
- Analyzer. The principle behind IBVA is simple, a small velcro
- headband holds adhesive 'trodes close to the skin, picks up EEG
- signals and radio xmits to a receiver connected to the serial port
- on a Macintosh. Mac software then filters the EEG input stream
- to detect changes in brain-wave states and displays a 3D graphic
- for FFT data visualization: alpha, beta, theta, delta. "Brain
- Switch" options tie changes in brain-wave states to an output
- stream for controlling animation, Mac sound synthesis, MIDI events
- and even an RS422 controller data stream.
-
- This means, dear Mondoids, that for less than $1000, you can wire
- your head into your personal computer.
-
- Source: Mondo 2000 '92 Issue 7
-
-
- For more info on the IBVA, write:
-
- PSYCHIC LAB INC.
- 280 PARK AVE SOUTH, SUITE 7G
- NEW YORK NY 10010
- USA
-
- Vox: (212)353-1669
- Fax: (212)979-5624
-
- Or get the direct scoop:
-
- META SOUND ENGINEERING
- 5-26-10-301, NISHIGOTANDA,
- SHINAGAWA TOKYO 141 JAPAN
- 81 3 3493 7449
-
-