THE PROJECT

Building on 15 years of our experience in designing and creating the most cutting edge interaction – fusion between the brain and computer, brain-computer interface, in our project NeuraFutures we are touching upon implanting memories, reading your dreams while you sleep and communicating a thought between two different people throughout the continents.

We analyzed 450+ books, movies, TV shows to give our audience a better picture of what brain computer interfaces are and are not. From science to science fiction, from 1641’s brain in a jar to 2021’s Rick and Morty’s memory transfer helmet.

We explore together with our audience the multitude of scenarios, use cases, form-factors of some of the most futuristic systems imagined by humans over the past 500 years to establish how close we are to those systems and try to answer THAT VERY IMPORTANT question - if you really need to get that implant tomorrow.

Our world-class team has expertise to cover all main directions of the project and having experience in scientific work as a world-class expert in the domain, public speaking and demo interactions, fabrication of the props for the physical installation, digital media for visuals, web design and development for interactive website as well as designing installation space itself.

CONTACT

Please email admin AT neurafutures DOT com for any questions or feedback.

CONTRIBUTORS

NATALIYA KOSMYNA, Ph.D MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA LAB

Project Lead, Research Scientist, Author

Current Members

NINA CRAGG UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Graphic Designer

YURAN DING CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Graphic Designer

MARSHALL WANG CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS

Graphic Designer

ZOEY YAN WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Graphic Designer

AMIE TAN WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Graphic Designer

WANDAN LI WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Web Developer

Past Members

CASSIE SCHEIRER CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Art Director, Co-Lead Designer, Author

SHANNON MURPHY UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

Lead Prop Designer

TATIANA ZHIZHIMONTOVA BLOOM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Web Developer

ZOE WU MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Graphic Designer

SOPHIA RIM WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Interaction Designer

GABY NUGENT UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

Graphic and Interaction Designer

JACKIE SABILLON SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

UX Designer and Developer

SAM FROMOWITZ UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

Prop Designer

DAMIEN SOCIA UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

Prop Designer

ANNA DEMKO MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

Prop Designer

RINAKO SONOBE WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Architectural Designer

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