Projects/SpikerBox

Project name: The Spikerbox
Project summary: We are developing, using off-the-shelf components, low cost amplifiers and manipulators for experimenting with the nervous system of insects. Our goal is to increase the public's understanding of nervous system function through the development of low-cost tools. Currently, students only need only a laptop with a line-in input to record the neural activity. We are developing our device to work with the XO to demonstrate extremely low-cost high-accessibility science.
Project goal:Bring neuroscience to everyone. One Cockroach Per Laptop (OCPL)!

Personnel

• Name: Gregory Gage
• Qualification: pre-doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan. Greg has a B.S. in Electrical Engineeringand a M.E. in Computer Engineering
• Contact: +1 734 968-7570, gagegreg [at] backyardbrains [dot] com

• Name: Timothy Marzullo
• Qualification: post-doctoral fellow in Neuroscience, University of Michigan. Tim has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and has an extensive background in Biology.
• Contact: +1 734 223-8133, tim [at] backyardbrains [dot] com