Cognitive Technologies

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“While the Exploratorium generally features solidly-constructed exhibits that illustrate
established scientific principles,
Cognitive Technologies
bravely took visitors for a walk
​along the ​bleeding edge of current neuroscientific knowledge and technological possibility.”

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        - Plinth Magazine

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Cognitive Technologies was an interactive laboratory of emerging brain technologies, featured at the Exploratorium in San Francisco during spring 2015.  

The lab was the world's first interactive media environment to use realtime brain activity. The experience offered a glimpse into a potential future where neural prosthetics are more ubiquitous. 
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As a visitor to the lab, you could touch and feel an array of emerging brain technologies, such as high-resolution cortical tissue scanning, fMRI brain decoding, and portable EEG headsets. You could experience virtual reality-based neurofeedback, track your body's physiological changes during a calmness exercise, and control a robotic arm with your brain. 
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  • Enjoy the photo gallery below

In The News
  • Make Magazine: "Control a Robot Arm With Your Brain"
  • The East Bay Express: "This Is Your Brain On Science" 
  • Plinth: "Exploring the Mind: Cognitive Technologies at the Exploratorium"
  • Berkeley Science Review: "Catch The Brainwave"
  • Exploratorium Press Office: "New Exhibition on Understanding, Influencing Brain Activity Opens at Exploratorium"
  • The EyeWire Blog: "EyeWire Data at the Exploratorium"
Partnerships
  • 3Scan
  • EyeWire
  • InteraXon
  • Digital Ocean
  • SparkIO
  • OpenBCI
  • LEAP Motion
  • NeuroSky

Photo Gallery

As a visitor, you could wander freely around the room while wearing a wireless portable EEG headset, and use your mental state to interact with light sculptures, a virtual reality game, and a meditation booth.