PRIMER
BIOSENSING
Track your body’s signals and brain waves and use them to control things.
As we engage with the world, our bodies react with unconscious signals that until recently have been measured almost exclusively in doctor’s offices and research labs: nerves fire, eyes saccade, hormones release, etc. But the past decade has seen an explosion of inexpensive biosensors and bio-enabled products ranging from cardio watches to brain wave-controlled video games.
Tools to measure such phenomena as heart rate, brain waves, blood pressure, skin resistance, and even facial expressions are now inexpensively available to DIYers.
The possibilities of jacking into these bio-signals seem virtually endless, verging ...
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