BrainGurion 5.0
Brain-Machine Interface Hackathon
24 Hours, 100 entrepreneurial students.
Our participants will collaborate to create products that improve the field of MENTAL HEALTH, based on human machine interface. The teams will be guided by expert mentors and will be given access to advanced innovative equipment.
The Challenge
Within 24 hours, you and your teammates will create a product aimed at addressing or improving a mental health disorder
The neurological component can be expressed by control of the product or feedback. The product can be digital or physical, and may be supported by a combination of technologies, such as EEG, Virtual Reality (VR), Microcontrollers and Robots.
Inspiration Board
difficulties & Symptoms
physiological
Rapid heartbeat
Dizziness
Sweating
Nausea
Cold and clammy hands
Difficulty swallowing
Muscle tension
Dry mouth
Trembling
Hyperventilation
Gastrointestinal issues
Psychological
Paralysis
Irritability
Detachment from oneself
Fear of insanity or death
Excessive worries
Negative thoughts
Rumination
Inside Out: Personal Stories dealing with Mental Health
Agenda
Thursday - June 6th
Friday - June 7th
13:00
Registration, Reception and refreshments
00:00
Munch time
13:30
Welcome Session
03:00
Surprise
14:30
Start Hacking!
09:30
Code Freeze, Breakfast and Presentations
19:00
Dinner
12:30
Closing Remarks and Awards
20:00
Hacking
Innovation
How innovative is the technology or idea?
Neurological components
How much does the product rely on neurophysiological activity and human monitoring?
Prototype
Is the product ready for use?
Product Impact
How impactful is the product in improving mental health?
Pitch Deck
Quality of presentation.
Bonus
The judges' discretion regarding the “additional value” of the product.
Criteria For Judging
To pick the winning team, the judges will ask themselves the following questions:
Prizes
Judging Panel
Strategy & Organizational development | Making strategy become alive | Innovation dream & executive
Psychiatrist & Senior lecturer at the Technion | Expert in Computational Neuroscience, Complex Systems Physics, integrating these fields with psychiatry.
VP of R&D at ZOLL Itamar | Former CEO of NeuroIndex
Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Cognitive and Brain Sciences, BGU | Deep learning and human vision
Head of clinical neuropsychology unit ,lead researcher in the mental health center of Beer Sheva, Lecturer and neurofeedback practitioner
Psychiatrist, head of department at a psychiatric hospital in Be'er Sheva
Child and adolescent psychiatry
Meet Our Mentors
Co-Owner at Kelim Shluvim, Diagnosis Treatment & Training Ltd and in ROTEM - Center for Practical Professional Training
Neuroscientist and clinical psychologist | faculty member in the Psychology Department at Bar-Ilan University | head of the Laboratory for Touch and Neuropsychopharmacology
Postdoctoral studies in Computational Psychiatry, Max Planck UCL Centre | PhD in Neuro-clinical Science, BGU | Licensed clinical psychologist (Children, Adolescents and Young adults)
a clinical-health and developmental-health psychologist and a translational stress/health researcher.
A software engineer with a strong background in DevOps | Working at "Classiq" company, which develops tools to enable Quantum Software Development
Director of the Samueli Initiative for Responsible AI in Medicine and a Senior Lecturer, Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Researcher | Co-head Neuro Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Research Group
Meet Our Team
Copyright & Intellectual Property Disclaimer
We would love to see your ideas become a reality in the future. However, this event is above all intended to inspire creativity and provide an opportunity to gain experience and network. Things you share with others in this event are public and will not remain confidential. In addition, the participation is as a team which may include, in addition to you, other students from various academic institutions and various majors. As a team, you may also be accompanied by professional mentors. New works or ideas may be created as part of such a team which members and mentors may be subject to different IP restrictions. Therefore, in order to maintain your IP rights, please consider carefully what you share with others, or otherwise bring with you and/or present in this event, especially an idea you are actively working on or is too similar to an idea you’d prefer to pursue individually at a later time and we highly recommend you consult with a legal advisor before doing so.