Open Source Human Puppeteer Kit
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Basics
- A semi-unethical (ie sketchy but fun if used consentually like spicy food vs pepper spray etc)
- Also may be good to teach little kids etc neurology/bci's via making it into m a g i c or m a d - s c i e n c e instead of textbook work (ie use it in OSE School
- Dumb (yet fun and somewhat educational) Idea by User: Eric
- Essentially a Project That Burns Dev Time and Funds to Make PR + Advertising (ie will not be done untill we are in excess of that)
- Would be fun for Makerfairs (ie do a "tele/virtual "arm wrestle" make someone dance etc WITH CONSENTING SUBJECTS on a stage like a "magic show's "assistants" + cardio screen questions/disclaimer)
- Could be a collaboration with:
Conceptual Dev
- A box that connects to an official (ie certified etc) tens unit to replace the buttons
- It DOES NOT change the shock levels/pulse duration etc, only programs it automatically and triggers remotely
- Ie makes a 100USD TENS unit "smart"
- This is done via a raspberry pi
- Standard Skin Electrodes are used and placed wherever is safe and needed for demo (+ cardiac disclaimer etc, no causin heart attacks for lulz)
- Then the users can "pupeteer" another human to a low degree
- Black Mirror esque, but a fun and popular tech demo
- Also may make tens use more developed and accesable (but DO need to keep risk eval involved etc)
Existing Open Source Designs
Michael Reeves's Work
- TW: They are NSFW and irreverant at times
- ANYWHO they are like if you gave the class clown expensive tech kit fyi
- They made this to force people to "dab" to parody/lightly mock a youtuber hated ( Jack Paul almost objectively hated lol so fair game for 98 percent of people)
- It worked, but people could semi-cheat it (ie not do so) with warning and/or willpower (ie flex agains the signal)
Non OS Work
- BCI controlled insects/mice (WAY sketchier and invasive, yet also more capable)
Examples in Popular Culture
Ethical
- Those eeg "tug of war games" but make it even more nerve integrated
- "Hypnosis" /Magic Shows
Un-Ethical
- "Bloodbending" in the cartoon "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
- "the force" (in some applications) in the "Star Wars" scify series
- And other similar examples of m i n d c o n t r o l (or at least actions ie WHY R U HITTING YOURSELF school kid "jokes" / bullying)
Basic Design
Controller
- RPi + custom pcb
- Connection to UNDISSECTED TENS Unit
TENS Unit
- OTS only for safety + compliance
Electrodes
- OTS only for safety + compliance
- Most likely plastic + conductive gell + metal snap + wire ones, but others CAN be used (like TeslaSuit for instance) if complexity is desired
- Pro tip: gel is hard to get off, use alchohol wipes for easy removal post ekg, eeg, this fun stuff etc
IO
- Anything via a software suite
- For Example
- (Smart) phones as shown in Michael's build (use the same app as a "core" of this? (ie remove memes + optimize/debug)
- Mouse + Keyboard + PC/Tablet
- Joysticks/Video Game Controllers
- Electrodes on nerves and/or eeg for psudo-telepathic control of others
- ...
Internal Links
- NeuroStimDuino (the goofyness is now even easier) (granted more...practical...applications as well, really neat project) Link to the Crowd Supply Page on it
- Backyard Brains
- OpenBCI