The project is called
Mental Fabrications and has astounded both artists and engineers. Pompian is using an electroencephalogram (EEG) headset to
turn brain activity into art. EEG monitors track electrical activity along the scalp by attaching electrodes to your head. They were invented in
1924 by a German psychiatrist, Hans Berger. Today they are used to detect epilepsy and monitor coma patients.
The Neurosky headset costs about $80. Patients watch videos or listen to music while having their brains scanned for activity. The computer then takes the signals and scans them through the digital programming language, MaxMSP, and the information is translated into a sculpture.
Unfortunately, 3D printing is still primitive and therefore will not be useful to the general public. But both scientists and artists have both displayed attitudes of sanguinity towards this new development.
