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Welcome to the Backyard Brains experiments page for scientists, teachers and amateurs alike. Below you will find all of our open source experiments, lesson plans, and useful information.

NeuroProsthetics: Take Someone’s Free Will
  • Beginner Beginner
  • Computational Computational
NeuroProsthetics: Take Someone’s Free Will

Have you ever had the desire to lose your free will? Or, alternatively, have you ever had the desire to take someone’s free will? Now you can with our new “Human-Human-Interface Experiment.”
Control Machines with your Brain
  • Beginner Beginner
  • Computational Computational
Control Machines with your Brain

Have you ever had the desire to lose your free will? Or, alternatively, have you ever had the desire to take someone’s free will? Now you can with our new “Human-Human-Interface Experiment.”
Record and Manipulate Live Neurons!
  • Beginner Beginner
  • Computational Computational
Record and Manipulate Live Neurons!

Have you ever had the desire to lose your free will? Or, alternatively, have you ever had the desire to take someone’s free will? Now you can with our new “Human-Human-Interface Experiment.”
Getting Started with the Plant SpikerBox: Venus Flytrap Electrophysiology
  • Beginner Beginner
  • Computational Computational
Getting Started with the Plant SpikerBox: Venus Flytrap Electrophysiology

Have you ever had the desire to lose your free will? Or, alternatively, have you ever had the desire to take someone’s free will? Now you can with our new “Human-Human-Interface Experiment.”
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