Just a decade ago, EEG (electroencephalography) devices were bulky, expensive, and confined to research labs. Today, lightweight, affordable EEG headsets can be worn comfortably by students, opening up entirely new possibilities for hands-on neurotech education.
In our Wearable Neurotech & Biosensing program, students explore how these devices capture brainwave and muscle (EMG) signals, and how that raw data can be cleaned, visualised, and interpreted in real time.
Rather than treating neurotech as an abstract topic, students build small projects: visualising focus and relaxation states, triggering simple actions based on signal thresholds, and exploring how signal quality changes with electrode placement.
This hands-on exposure matters because neurotechnology is rapidly expanding beyond medical applications - into human-performance monitoring, accessibility tools, and human-computer interaction research. It's also a direct line into the kind of original research our Neurotechnology & BCI Research division runs day to day - giving students a meaningful head start in a field that is only going to grow.
