Emotiv Systems is an
Australian electronics innovation company developing technologies to evolve human computer interaction incorporating non-conscious cues into the human-computer dialog to emulate human to human interaction. Developing
brain–computer interface
A brain–computer interface (BCI), sometimes called a brain–machine interface (BMI) or smartbrain, is a direct communication pathway between the brain's electrical activity and an external device, most commonly a computer or robotic limb. B ...
s (BCIs) based on
electroencephalography
Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. The biosignals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neocor ...
(EEG) technology, Emotiv Systems produced the EPOC near headset, a peripheral targeting the gaming market for
Windows
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,
OS X
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and
Linux
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platforms.
The EPOC has 16 electrodes and was originally designed to work as a BCI
input device
In computing, an input device is a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system, such as a computer or information appliance. Examples of input devices include keyboards, mouse, scanners, cameras ...
.
The company was founded in 2003 by technology entrepreneurs
Tan Le, Nam Do,
Allan Snyder, and
Neil Weste. However, doing a search of business entity name on Emotiv Systems at the business entity registry of the California Secretary of State reveals Emotiv Systems has ceased to exist, and, therefore, it should not be mixed up or confused with the currently active U.S. bioinformatics company
Emotiv
Emotiv Inc. is a privately held bio-informatics and technology company developing and manufacturing wearable electroencephalography (EEG) products including neuroheadsets, software development kits (SDK), software, mobile apps, and data products. ...
founded by
Tan Le in 2011 in which Nam Do, Allan Snyder, and Neil Weste have no ownerships nor roles.
See also
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Electroencephalography
Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. The biosignals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neocor ...
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Neurofeedback
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Comparison of consumer brain–computer interfaces
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References
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External links
Tan Le: A headset that reads your thoughtsBrain control headset for gamers By Darren Waters, 20 February 2008, BBC News
By David H. Freedman, 1 December 2008, Inc. Magazine profile
Brain–computer interfacing
Companies established in 2003
2003 establishments in Australia