—Written by Sachin Pillai— This summer at Backyard Brains, I’m developing a Poker Bot trained via machine learning that can detect when players bluff and predict how risky a player’s hand is based on internal physiological reactions during the game. A full month into the fellowship, I’ve already had substantial progress with my project! The […]

—Written by Samuel Kuhn— This summer I am lucky enough to get to work with Backyard Brains on a project that pulls together neuroscience, computer engineering, philosophy, and philanthropy. This summer I am trying to build a device to detect free will!  To even try and define free will, we must turn to the humanities […]

—Post written by Sarah Falkovic— Can TinyML be used to design a small-scale lie detector model? Lie detection has been a field of interest for about as long as the field of neuroscience itself, if not longer! However, lie detection in our current culture involves administration by a trained professional in the form of a […]

Every fencer will hear it countless times: warm-ups are a MUST. Do them and they’ll bump up your performance. Skip them and you may end up hurting yourself. But not every fencer will ask why! Supriya Nair, a busy sixth-grader from Redmond, WA, decided to conduct an experiment and find out what the correlation is […]

Call for HS Teachers and Undergraduates in Biology, Engineering and the Arts: Calling all AI and neuroscience nerds (AND nerd wannabes): We are back!  After taking a hiatus due to a global pandemic, we are proud to announce that we are returning with a very special guest star: TinyML! Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML) is a deep […]

— Written by Natalia Díaz — Hi there, it’s Natalia Díaz again with an update to my neuromathematical (yes, such a thing exists!) project. If you don’t remember me, I’m a student of Mathematical Engineering at the University of Santiago de Chile and I’m doing my internship here in BackyardBrains. Since the last time we […]

Another accolade is about to hit our shelves! The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced recipients of the prestigious Tibbetts Award 2020. Backyard Brains is one of 38 companies that are deemed “beacons of promise and models of excellence in high technology.” Every year, Tibbie goes to companies, individuals and organizations “for the exceptional […]

Who says that hands-on approach doesn't work in virtual space? The DIY Neuroscience and AI for All workshop confirmed it!

Society for Science & the Public recently awarded $1,000 in Neuron SpikerBox bundles to a Newark teacher!

What lies at the intersection of math and medicine? Why many things, of course. Certainly more than could possibly fit into a blog post! But today, I am going to talk about the connection between brain function and numbers.

Can you imagine riding on an autonomous car that knows your emotions and thoughts better than you do? Neither can we, but our co-founder and CEO Dr. Greg Gage can, and he isn’t freaked out by the prospect. On the contrary, he’s quite optimistic about it. How come? Human-centered technology is the keyword here. As […]

Are you a member of an organization or institution committed to celebrating the wonders of the brain and bringing them from academic heights down to your local community? If yes, now is the time to apply for Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Outreach Grants for US and Canada! Grantees will be awarded up to $1,500 that […]