Neuro Sky

Neuro Sky

NeuroSky, Inc. is a manufacturer of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technologies for consumer product applications. It was founded in 2004 and is a Silicon Valley based company. The company states that their mission is to make BCI technology available to any industry. NeuroSky adapts electroencephalography (EEG) and (since the release of blink in 2010) electromyography (EMG) technology to fit a consumer market within a number of fields such as entertainment (toys and games), education, automotive, and health.

Through the development of inexpensive dry sensors (older EEGs require the application of a conductive gel between the sensors and the head), built in electrical “noise” reduction software/hardware, and a focus on providing an embedded (chip level) solution for signal processing and output, NeuroSky technology allows for research and products that would have been impossible with older EEGs.

While NeuroSky develops some products independently, such as the MindSet and the MindWave, it primarily works with industry partners, developers, and research institutions to assist them in taking advantage of the NeuroSky chip and incorporate it into their own technology/products. The company compares its style of business to Intel Inside’s which “sells the ingredients for a cool technology but doesn’t sell the final product to consumers. When NeuroSky has released direct to consumer products they tend to be designed for maximum flexibility of use through third party and open source content".

The Chief Executive of NeuroSky, Stanley Yang, said that he saw the significance of the company as being “a transition in everyday life from humans conforming to machines, to machines conforming to humans”.