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Braintone Art

Braintone Art is a software created by a Dallas-based company that allows users to create a unique piece of art using their brain's focus picked up by an EEG headset. On the website, the company states that the "information streams wirelessly in real-time through the Braintone Art Imagery Generation Engine to project your emotions as abstract artwork on the digital canvas." Not just emotions that show up on the canvas, people are encouraged to express their creativity as well.




The software has two different art styles and a selection of different color palettes to choose from. The brainwave element is added by tying people's brain activity to the virtual paintbrush via the EEG headset. To learn more about the process click here.

Brainwave arts have been around for quite a while. A few known artists - not to mention scientists and communication experts - have tried and create art and work using brainwave technology, but this is the first to make it so easy to use that even fourth graders can use it and learn how their brains can affect it.

The Center for the Brain Health's Dee O'Neill believes that this can help make people more excited and aware of their brain function at a very basic level.

I feel like people are completely fascinated by it and excited for the information that it provides, not even just Dallas, but nationally... People definitely are excited to see how their brain is working and how they can make it work better based on that information.

Article inspired by Paula Newton for glasstire.com
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