Original BioMuse Page - For historical interest

The v.1 Biomuse is  no longer in production - however used units are out there and available for retro-techheads

 

BioMuse - Neural Interface Development Platform

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In 1992 BioControl introduced the Biomuse, a powerful, 8 channel "biocontroller" that acquires and analyzes any type of human bioelectric signal, and then outputs code to control other processor based devices. This unit is intended for use as a development platform for a range of applications. BioControl has licensed the Biomuse to over 80 selected research centers including NASA, United Technologies, Volvo Advanced Research (Sweden), British Telecom, Stanford Medical Center, Loma Linda Hospital, Honeywell, Evans and Sutherland, Martin Marietta, U.S. Air Force (Wright-Pat AFB), and the U.S. Navy - to support the development of specific neural interface and biocontroller applications.

The BioMuse is a bioelectric signal controller in a rack mountable package (17" X 14" X 3"), which allows users to control computer functions directly from muscle, eye movement, or brainwave signals, bypassing entirely the standard input hardware, such as a keyboard or mouse. It receives data from four main sources of electrical activity in the human body: muscles (EMG signals), eye movements (EOG signals), the heart (EKG signals), and brain waves (EEG signals). These signals are acquired using standard non-invasive transdermal electrodes.

The BioMuse amplifies and digitizes the biosignals, and then processes the signals using Biocontrol's library of proprietary DSP algorithms. For a given application, the appropriate algorithm then outputs code to control virtually any digitally interfaced device.

System Requirements

IBM compatible PC, with available serial port running DOS 5.0 or higher. BioMuse software will run as a subtask of Microsoft Windows. Midi applications require a sound card.