Brain-Computer Interface: Dendrites

The first brain-computer interface was created with a team of graduate and undergraduate students. Wireless EEG (via a Muse S headband) is translated into movement of dendrites created by the Living Architectures Group, which built the Amatria sculpture deployed in Luddy Hall. Though not depicted, I created a small pipeline to translate baseline EEG readings into AI-generated music. It was no opera, but fascinated the recipients, which included a survivor of accidental brain damage. Something beautiful can emerge from destructive events.