Hi Mitzi,

there are basically only two types of portable neuroimaging techniques, one being EEG (see e.g. products by TMSi, ANT neuro or gtec) the other is NIRS (near-infrared spectroscopy). While the former is measuring electrical brain activity, the latter measures hemodynamic responses. The stationary equivalents would roughly be MEG and fMRI respectively.

For more information about NIRS, see e.g. our website:

http://www.artinis.com/theory-of-nirs/

We happen to be the world leading company in creating portable NIRS devices, and of course offer great support prior and after sales. See http://www.artinis.com for our product portfolio. For some background literature and reviews, we gathered some relevant papers here: http://www.artinis.com/publications Should you require any of these or would like more information, feel free to contact me.

Disclaimer: Obvisouly, I am working for Artinis Medical Systems.

Edit: I could also tell a story or two about EEG, but I consider the reference to above mentioned companies to be a good starting point for further research.

http://www.artinis.com/

Hi Mitzi,

there are basically only two types of portable neuroimaging techniques, one being EEG (see e.g. products by TMSi, ANT neuro or gtec) the other is NIRS (near-infrared spectroscopy). While the former is measuring electrical brain activity, the latter measures hemodynamic responses. The stationary equivalents would roughly be MEG and fMRI respectively.

For more information about NIRS, see e.g. our website:

http://www.artinis.com/theory-of-nirs/

We happen to be the world leading company in creating portable NIRS devices, and of course offer great support prior and after sales. See http://www.artinis.com for our product portfolio. For some background literature and reviews, we gathered some relevant papers here: http://www.artinis.com/publications Should you require any of these or would like more information, feel free to contact me.

Disclaimer: Obvisouly, I am working for Artinis Medical Systems.

Edit: I could also tell a story or two about EEG, but I consider the reference to above mentioned companies to be a good starting point for further research.

http://www.artinis.com/

Thank you Jörn!!! 

I've been checking out things like Emotive (https://emotiv.com/store/) , Muse (http://store.choosemuse.com/products/muse?_ga=1.267786567.851821046.1454098469), MindWave (http://store.neurosky.com/pages/mindwave), AntNeuro (http://www.ant-neuro.com/products/eego_sports) and Mindo (http://mindo.com.tw/en/goods.php) 

What makes your product unique? 

You listed EEG devices, we build NIRS devices. The two techniques are complementary as they are sensitive to different physiological changes (electrical vs. hemodynamic changes). It pretty much depends on your area of application what you might prefer, but both can also be combined.

Interesting, thank you. The aim is to create a device that is operated by commands that are thought. What is the price range of your product? 

In general, portable NIRS devices are in the same price range as research EEG devices, but the exact price depend on what you would like to measure. I would propose to send us a mail ([email protected]) and we take this discussion outside RG.

Thanks! Will drop you an email 

Mitzi, hi. It sounds like your interest is primarily in consumer level EEG devices which are in general lower cost and wider user base. Checkout the OpenBCI project, being used by many in the Maker community.

As an example of a high end fNIRS system, I also include a link to a JOVE video / paper, just ran across this today synchronistically.

http://openbci.com

http://www.jove.com/video/53336/using-fiberless-wearable-fnirs-to-monitor-brain-activity-real-world