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For Everyone -
2 h.
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Serbian
Backyard Brains OpenLab Series 5/5: From Impulse to Invention – Become a Bioengineer
This is the grand finale of the series, the moment when your biological signals become creative material. In this workshop, you will design and build your own interactive project: from EMG-controlled light installations, to neurofeedback soundscapes, to performances in which one participant influences another through their biological signals. This is a laboratory where ideas turn into prototypes and prototypes into functional biotechnological creations.
About This Workshop
Science Through Practice
Here, you move from observing to creating. You will receive a Spiker:bit and micro:bit, along with cables, servo motors, LED strips, and sensors.
Your task? To construct a device powered by biological input. You will connect your muscle, heart, or brain signals to electronics and program a system in which lights turn on when you flex your biceps, or a neuroprosthetic hand opens through the power of your mind (and muscles). This is pure engineering driven by human biology.
What You Will Learn
- How to conceptualize an interactive project based on biological signals
- What a Brain–Machine Interface is and how the Backyard Brains Spiker:bit works
- How to select and combine components into a functional system
- How to build and test a prototype that responds to EMG, EEG, or sensory input
- How biological signals can be transformed into light, sound, or mechanical effects
Why Join?
This is your chance to merge science, technology, and personal expression into one hands-on project. You will understand how the body’s signals become interaction—and how neurotechnology can serve as a tool for creativity, not just measurement. If you want a day where you truly create something alive, this workshop offers precisely that: an experience at the intersection of biology and engineering.
About the Instructor
The workshop is led by Aleksa Vasić, M.Sc. in Biology. As a science communicator, Aleksa combines biology, neuroscience, and technology to bring contemporary scientific discoveries closer to the public. Through practical demonstrations, he shows how the electrical signals that govern our bodies can be observed, measured, and interpreted using simple tools.
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