NeuroTechEDU's Awesome List of BCI-related Resources

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:34:25 -0800

Introduction

This is a list of tools, resources, and learning materials related to Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI). The list is maintained by the NeuroTechX community.

Software

BCI Experiment Design and Analysis

These applications help you design BCI experiments, run them, collect data, and analyze the results.

EEG-ExPy: Free & Open-Source (FOSS) Python library for EEG & experiment design, recording, and analysis. Maintained by the EEG-ExPy team within NeuroTechX. CNS2024 Poster
OpenViBE: A software platform dedicated to designing, testing, and using Brain-Computer Interfaces, maintained by the OpenViBE Consortium.
BCI2000: Software suite with GUI based on C++ for data acquisition, stimulus presentation, and brain monitoring applications.
Brainstorm: Collaborative, open-source application dedicated to the analysis of brain recordings: MEG, EEG, fNIRS, ECoG, depth electrodes and multiunit electrophysiology.
BrainBay: Bio- and neurofeedback application working with various hardware frameworks including OpenBCI/OpenEEG.
EventIDE: EventIDE is a software platform for designing and running multimodal experiments, with an IDE.
NeuroPype: platform for real-time brain-computer interfacing (BCI), neuroimaging, and neural signal processing, which supports a range of biosignal modalities including EEG, fNIRS, ExG, etc.
MNE: MNE-Python is an open-source Python module for processing, analysis, and visualization of functional neuroimaging data (EEG, MEG, sEEG, ECoG, and fNIRS). The tools suite includes interoperable packages in Python, MATLAB, C++, etc., which operate in GUI, CLI, or API.
PsychoPy Builder: PsychoPy is an open-source application for creating experiments in neuroscience, psychology, and psychophysics.
PsychToolBox: Psychophysics Toolbox Version 3 (PTB-3) is a free set of Matlab and GNU Octave functions for vision and neuroscience research.

Matlab Toolboxes

Python Toolboxes

Mobile Apps

MindMonitor: iOS App Store, Google Play Store
NeuroSky Android SDK: Google Play Store
EEG-101 (Now-deprecated): Google Play Store

Brain Visualizations

RaspberryPi Framework

Communication Protocols

These are some of the commonly used Communication protocols.

Hardware

This section is separated into different sections based on the types of technology.

EEG

Electroencephalography is the most commonly used form of Neurotechnology. There are many options out there meaning that you can easily find a device that matches your needs and price.

Consumer and DIY Devices

Some of these devices are still supported and actively developed by manufacturers, community members, or researchers. Others are no longer supported but may still have a community of users who can help you get access.

Research Devices Manufactures

EEG Parts & Supplies

Conscious Labs - EEG Supra Headphones
Emotiv Flex Gel & Emotiv Flex Saline
Florida Research Instruments
DIY Electrode Design
TI ADS1299EEG-FE: Analog Front End for EEG solutions. e.g., in OpenBCI Cyton.
Intan Technologies: Microchips and miniature recording & stimulation headstages.
IDUN Dryode: Adhesive dry electrodes for EEG.
Bio-Medical: For supplies and consumables
Comparison of different types of electrodes

NIRS

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) is a technology that measures the concentration of hemoglobin in each brain region, which can be used to infer energy expenditure and hence higher activity in that region.

Multimodal Neurotech

These devices combine different type of sensors to measure or influence brain activity.

Brain Stimulation

DIY TMS: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Boston Scientific: DBS, SCS
Medtronic: DBS, tES, SCS
Magstim: TMS
Soterix Medical: TDCS, tACS, tRNS
Clarity: Light & Stimulation therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease
Vielight: Transcranial Photobiomodulation
Neuroelectrics: tDCS, tACS, tRNS
NeuroPace: RNS
NerveX: VNS in canine epilepsy.
NeuroSigma: eTNS
Brainsway: Deep TMS

Upcoming NeuroImaging Tech

Functional Ultrasound (FUS)
Event Related Optical Signal
Event-Related Optical Signal
Quasi-Ballistic Photons. (The Tech being used by Facebook’s BCI)
Open Electrical Impedance Tomography
Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPM), e.g., QuSpin and Cerca:
- “Optically” stabilizing highly sensitive magnetometers to measure the change in magnetic fields due to neural activity.
- Does not need Helium cooling like conventional (SQUID) MEG, and hence is much smaller and lighter, and somewhat cheaper.
Diffused Optical Imaging: Used for instance by Mary Lou Jepken et al @ Openwater, aiming to build a portable MRI. More info on the tech:
- Diffuse optical imaging pt. 1 (wiki)
- Diffuse Optical Imaging pt. 2

Brain Databases

SCCN list of eeg/erp data for free public download
EEG studies with the raw data - (from BigEEG Consortium)
BNCI Horizon Data Sets
The Child Mind Institute MIPDB Dataset
RAM (DARPA) Invasive Recording Dataset from U. Penn
MindBigData MNIST of Brain Digits
MindBigData ImageNet of The Brain
meagmohit’s List of EEG Datasets
OpenNeuro
PhysioNet
National Sleep Research Resource: A large collection of sleep data. Supported by the Sleep Research Society (SRS).
Temple University EEG Corpora: various datasets including health, epilepsy, artifactual, etc.

Tutorials and Project Ideas

EEGEdu: Web-based live Tutorial on EEG and BCI, from basic to advanced. Maintained by the Mathewsons (Ky Kor Key)
How to Hack Toy EEGs
BCI Workshop
Introduction to Modern BCI
Brain-Controlled Shark Attack
Controlling a sphero with a muse
Building a 20 Euro EEG for your smartphone
Muse File Reader for OpenVibe
EEG 101: Interactive tutorial for Android and Muse
Brainwave analyzer
BCI Course offered by Columbia University
BCI Course at Berkeley by Pierre of NeuroTechX
EEG and MRI Course offered by OHBM
Prometheus Multimodal BCI (Olympic Torch)

Communities and Blogs

Forums

Blogs

NeuroTechX Content Lab: Articles, tutorials, and interviews on neurotechnology
The EEG Newsletter: News, events, and resources in EEG. By Raquel E. London
Natalie Schaworonkow
Autodidact
Strfry
Fabien Lotte
Chip Audette EEG Hacker
Alexandre Barachant
Pierre Karashchuk
Jeremy Frey
Irene Vigué Guix

Competitions

Data Competitions

Brain Controlled Competitions

Conferences and Events

Reading Material

Papers

Introductory Books

Technical Books

Signal Processing

Schools & Summer Courses

NeuroTech MicroCredentials Course: An accredited series of theoretical and hands-on courses on Neurotechnology, offered by NeuroTechX and Queens University.
Neuromatch Academy (NMA) Summer Schools: An online, community-driven set of summer schools in computational sciences
Sinxpress summer schools by Mike X. Cohen
Brainhack: A community-driven, online, and in-person school for neurotech enthusiasts, happening in many cities around you!
Recurring summer schools or community-maintained lists of Neurotech-related summer schools
- List maintained by N. Schwar
- List maintained by N. Biswas

Other Resources

Neuroscience Duke Course (Coursera)
Novel Neurotechnologies Intervening in the Brain
Augment Human Cognition by optimizing cortical oscillations
Open Neuroscience - a user-driven database of Open Source/Science projects related to Neurosciences
Awesome-BCI-Reviews - Curated list of Brain-Computer Interface peer-reviewd published reviews and surveys ordered by year of publication.

BCI on Hanguangwu