Usually wearing a silly hat and staring at the computer doesn’t do anything besides make you lonely, but now with BCI 2000, that’s going to change. You’ve probably seen some of the really great videos of researchers playing pong, typing words, and controlling robots using just their thoughts. But did you know that they all relied upon the same software program to work? Brain Computer Interface 2000 is a software tool that facilitates reading brain signals in real time. That means EEGs and ECoGs can work better and faster. Why do you care? BCI 2000  lets you control computers with your mind. Someone even posted a tweet using BCI2000 and an EEG! Check out all the cool vids after the break.

Based out of New York and the University of Tubingen in Germany, BCI 2000 is helping make progress in a variety of institutions. The cool videos we have here all show how their software can be used to facilitate controlling computers, but the technology has a little more depth than that. Scientists can use BCI2000 to improve the clarity in their biosignal processing, and make rapid strides in their research. In fact, BCI 2000 has an open license so that those in academia or research centers can utilize it free of charge. Of course, generosity, as cool as it may be, isn’t quite as entertaining as watching someone play Spaced Invaders with their cerebral cortex.

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