As AI technologies get smarter and gain more of a foothold in healthcare applications, one company - OpenBCI - is pushing the limits of computing to not only better understand the human brain, but how to leverage it to its fullest potential. They’re integrating state-of-the-art neurotechnology with AI and wearable computing to help patients with neurological diseases and physical impairments.

Their biosensing Galea headset - powered by Lenovo’s workstations - is designed to interface with the human mind to give researchers a tool for better understanding the connection between the brain and body so they can then create more responsive therapies and remedies. Galea is the world’s first device that integrates EEG, EMG, EDA, PPG and eye-tracking data simultaneously to measure the wearer’s heart, skin, muscles, eyes and brain. With all its sensors, Galea produces vast amounts of data that then needs to be analyzed in real-time and fed back into their AI models to better train and fine-tune them as quickly as possible for shortened innovation cycles.

With its high-performance compute power, Lenovo’s ThinkStation P620 workstation was best suited to handle OpenBCI’s demanding and graphics-intensive AI workflows for turning physiological data into actionable insights. As a result, OpenBCI is helping patients control computers just by thinking - including one man who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy who was able to fly a drone with his mind.

You can read the full case study and watch a customer video here for additional details:

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/case-studies-customer-success-stories/openbci