Puzzlebox Brainstorms is an Open Source software suite supporting school projects which teach robotics and brain-computer interfaces. The Client Interface software runs on a Windows PC, controlled by an EEG headset (such as the Emotiv EPOC), and sends detected actions to a remote Linux computer or mobile handset (such as the Nokia n900) which relays the commands to a LEGO Mindstorms robot via Bluetooth. This allows remote tele-operation of the robotic vehicle, steered entirely by thought. Finally, a live video stream can be sent back to the user from the robot's perspective.

An EEG headset is not necessary to use the software, a Nokia n900 can directly steer a LEGO Mindstorms robot using the touchscreen or keypad.

The goal of this project is a complete set of software tools and applications, as well as teacher resources such as lesson plans, which guide technology educators through classroom-ready projects. Students can be broken up into groups and allowed to experiment with designing and building their robotic vehicles, first racing them directly from classroom PCs, and later through mind control via EEG headset.


Demonstration video with annotations here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8wgz-N0pgU


More information, including all software, source code, documentation, and developer tools available at the Puzzlebox Brainstorms website:

http://brainstorms.puzzlebox.info