NEUROMOBILE

Inspiration

People who struggle to pick up their in time to answer calls, or struggle to use the phone due to below-the-head disabilities.

What it does

To leverage the real-time feedback and multi-sensor technology of the Muse 2 to provide consumer convenience in the form of hands and voice free, gesture-recognized, tasks–such as call accept, and decline.

Challenges

The hardware we got from NeurAlbertaTech was not functional with the boiler plate that we were using and we spent excessive amount of time, trying to make it work. It was until we asked a mentor for help that they realized we had gotten the wrong 'Muse' and they could also not make it work and it was challenging to acquire the right hardware.

How we built it

We used the EEG boilerplate provided by natHACKS to integrate the Muse 2 output with an Android device. This input accepts a phone call. This system is flexible and in the future would allow for other inputs, such as volume increase, power off, and open browser.

What we learned

We learned team work, time management and many other skills that will go far beyond the scope of the hackathon. The importance of time management was and asking for help early was also learned since we would have saved a lot more time asking a mentor and learning that we got the wrong hardware. We learned how to communicate brain waves using Muse 2 and programmed it to send signal to a mobile phone.

What's next for NEUROMOBILE

Our proposed device will be able to recognize and discern different facial gestures as unique inputs for more software, and the creation of a proper app to start up the program for the device.