Paper Bits

Nov 7

Some notes on the cat ears:

They’re based on the NeuroSky MindWave headset and an arduino nano.
They move up and down as the wearer’s attention changes. I tried to make their movement as natural as possible.
They’re still under development. Lots of work still needed.
I have no real plans to turn them into a product yet. But I plan to turn it into a framework for people to build on.

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I made a pair of robotic cat ears.

They respond to brain waves.

They can be made with a makerbot, an arduino, and a neurosky mindwave headset. I’ll be releasing the files and more documentation later this week, when I am at home with real Internet and a proper computer, rather than just my phone.

But for now, here’s a short video of my friend Amber trying to decide what to order at Starbucks, which made the ears wiggle.

I’m kind of proud of that.

Jul 13

MindWave USB Dongle on Flickr.

I got a bit annoyed with NeuroSky Inc.’s instructions for connecting their MindWave headset to an arduino. They obviously mean well, but the instructions are a bit vague and poorly illustrated.

So I made my own illustration of the fiddly part. It uses Flickr photo notes, so if you care, click through and check there.

I hope this ends up being helpful to someone.