Backyard Brains

This page shows open source scientific hardware, which can be used to make open source labs created by Backyard Brains.

Backyard Brains enables everyone to be a neuroscientist! They provide affordable neuroscience experiment kits for students of all ages to learn (hands-on) about electrophysiology. Now everyone from schoolchildren to grad students and every grade in between can experiment with similar tools used by real neuroscientists worldwide! By following a few simple steps, everyone can experience first-hand how the brain communicates with our sense, memories, hopes, and desires.

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  Manipulator
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  Getting Started with the SpikerBox
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  Getting Started with the EMG SpikerBox
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  Using EMG Signals to Control Machines
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  High Powered Magnification
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  Getting Started with the EMG Reaction Timer
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  Introduction to Conduction Velocity (Neural Speed)
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  Human Human Interface
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  Getting Started with the 2-Channel EMG SpikerBox
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  Comparing Speeds of Two Nerve Fiber Sizes
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  Temperature
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  Rate Coding
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  Referencing your Spikes
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  Anuradha Rao Memorial Experiment: Effect of Nicotine and MSG on Neurons
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  Microstimulation of Neurons and Muscles
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  Neural Adaptation
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  NeuroProsthetics
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  The Faraday Cage
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  Oxygen and Spiking
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  Muscle Contraction and Fatigue
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  Transistor Circuit Design
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  Effect of Temperature on Conduction Velocity
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  Muscle Action Potentials
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  Transistor Theory
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  How Your Eye Detects Color and Motion
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  Make your own Homunculus
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  How Fast Your Brain Reacts To Stimuli
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  How Your Skin Senses
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  Debunking the P-value with Statistics