OUR HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL
g.tec’s history began when…
…Christoph Guger and Günter Edlinger started developing brain-computer interfaces (BCI) over 20 years ago, after presenting the first portable BCI system in 1999 at the BCI Meeting in Rensselaerville, New York. Since then, g.tec’s history has been marked by continuous innovation, with its products being internationally used in clinical environments and research for applications such as brain, heart, and muscle activity analysis, brain assessments of severe brain injuries and disorders of consciousness, motor rehabilitation after stroke, neuromarketing, deep brain stimulation, brain mapping, neuroprosthesis control, communication, painting, and closed-loop invasive and non-invasive BCI experiments.
DEVELOPMENTS AND EVENTS
g.PYPE SDK for Python
Python Software Development Kit (SDK) tailored for creating Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) applications with the Unicorn BCI Core-8
Unicorn BCI Core-8
8-channel EEG and BCI device designed for EEG recordings in humans, dogs, horses, and many more animals
recoveriX Neurorehabiliation Multiple Sclerosis
BCI-based closed-loop stroke rehabilitation system to train upper or lower extremities of patients who suffer from motor impairments due to stroke or Multiple Sclerosis
cortiQ 2.0
Combination of high-gamma mapping with electrical cortical stimulation and CCEPs, SEPs, HFEPs, white matter exploration
mindBEAGLE 2.0
Brain assessment, communication, prediction and training of patients with disorders of consciousness
g.HIamp Fusion with Tobii PRO
Integrated EEG and eye tracking technology for comprehensive consumer behavior and cognitive analysis simultaneously
g.Nautilus Fusion with Tobii PRO
Integrated EEG and eye tracking technology for comprehensive consumer behavior and cognitive analysis simultaneously
g.NAUTILUS with NIRx
Combine NIRSport2 with g.Nautilus for advanced EEG sampling and expanded channel capability
g.HIAMP with NIRx
Combine NIRSport2 with g.HIamp for advanced EEG sampling and expanded channel capability
g.LADYbird Super-flat EEG Electrodes for TMS Recordings
Advanced TMS-EEG Integration: g.LADYbird Electrodes for Precision Recording
NEW BRANCHES IN COLOMBIA AND AUSTRALIA
as a direct sales point of contact
Unicorn Education Kit Mini
4 complete BCI systems for education and Hackathons
recoveriX Neurorehabiliation – Lower Limb Therapy
First BCI-based closed-loop system for lower limb therapy introduced for patients who suffer from motor impairments due to stroke or Multiple Sclerosis
New Branch in Vancouver and Japan
as a direct sales point of contact
Start of The BCI & Neurotechnology Spring School
This virtual event became the biggest neurotechnology event in the world with more than 80.000 attendees
g.Pangolin Ultra High-Density EEG/EMG/EOG
Ultra-high density EEG system with 1024 channels introduced
Unicorn Education Kit
8 complete BCI systems for education and Hackathons
Unicorn Brain Interface
The Unicorn Brain Interface is a hybrid, wearable EEG headset on the market that allows users to write, draw, control robots and much more just by thinking! It acquires brain waves from 8 hybrid EEG electrodes that can be used wet or dry.
New Branch in Hong Kong
as a direct sales point of contact
g.Estim FES – Electrical Stimulator for Invasive and Non-Invasive Use
g.tec brought the first functional electrical stimulator (FES) with a real-time application programming interface (API) to the market, cleared as medical products. This was a major step that suddenly allowed researchers and developers to set up closed-loop experiments
BR41N.IO Designers’ Hackathon Series
We created the BR41N.IO Brain-Computer Interface Designers Hackathon Series to promote current and future developments! This series also highlights the unlimited possibilities of BCIs in creative or scientific fields, and brings together engineers, programmers, designers and artists
g.Nautilus Wearable EEG Headset
g.tec introduced the g.Nautilus wireless dry and/or wet EEG recording system using active electrodes. This major achievement is still boosting BCI performance and user experience worldwide by improving the signal to noise ratio and ease of use. With g.Nautilus, users can now get EEG data that is almost artifact free, which is an important step to use as much of the recorded EEG data as possible. This became especially important for recordings with patients where you only get a very small time window, and hence recording the best possible EEG data is crucial
Development of Code-Based VEP
g.tec developed code-based VEPs (visual evoked potentials) that allowed users to control a robotic device with an accuracy of 98% in a continuous control task and play World of Warcraft
Development of cortiQ Rapid Cortical Mapping
g.tec became more active with ECoG (electrocorticography) recordings, which have led to several publications and the development of cortiQ. The high spatial resolution of ECoG recordings has made it possible to decode much finer finger movements than with non-invasive recordings, and to analyze under-explored brain regions like the fusiform face area in real-time using high-gamma activity
g.tec Wins The Microsoft Innovation Award
g.tec medical engineering wins the Microsoft Innovation Award
g.HIamp 256 Channel Biosignal Amplifier
g.tec released a 256 channel amplifier that can be used for non-invasive and invasive BCI experiments and enables high-gamma analysis with a high resolution than any other system
Fist BCI For Home Use
intendiX was the first commercial BCI system for home use. This P300 speller could achieve 100% accuracy after only 5 minutes of training
MathWorks Connection Partnership
MathWorks becomes an important partner for developing g.tec’s data acquisition software for MATLAB for several Brain-Computer Interface applications
Foundation of g.tec medical engineering GmbH
g.tec medical engineering was founded in 1999 in Austria by Christoph Guger and Günter Edlinger, who have been the CEOs ever since
Development of the 1st Brain-Computer Interface
Christoph Guger and Günter Edlinger developed the first commercial Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) system while they were in graduate school together, with 100% accuracy using a motor imagery BCI system with Common Spatial Patterns.