Puzzlebox Synapse setup, Ubuntu 11.10

Puzzlebox Synapse is a cross-platform interface between EEG headsets such as my new Mindwave and programs which might wish to use them. It also includes a data simulator and a GUI for looking at data being read from your headset. It sounds useful to me.

Puzzlebox Brainstorms, an Open Source software suite supporting school projects which help introduce students to basic neuroscience and brain-computer interfaces. 

Just in case anyone has problems installing Synapse on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, here they are. The project is under very active development, I'm told, so I'm sure these instructions won't be necessary



Download URL:   (windows/RPM installers available here)

Installation steps (Ubuntu 11.10):

sudo apt-get install python python-qt4 python-simplejson python-bluez python-serial python-matplotlib
wget http://brainstorms.puzzlebox.info/files/puzzlebox_synapse-0.5.0.tar.bz2
tar jxvf puzzlebox_synapse-0.5.0.tar.bz2
cd puzzlebox_synapse-0.5.0

Then to install the program (optional):

python setup.py build
python setup.py install 

Or to just run the GUI and see what it does, use the synapse-*.py scripts in the puzzlebox_synapse-0.5.0/ folder:

./synapse-gui.py
./synapse-client.py
./synapse-protocol.py
./synapse-server.py