Backyard Brains

Our Company, Backyard Brains, makes entry‐level neuroscience kits that provide students and adults of all ages the ability to learn about neurons. Our first device is a brain-recording kit that can be used on insects. You can see it demoed in our TED Talk here: http://on.ted.com/Gage

Using our tools, school children and amateur scientists now have access to similar tools used by neuroscientists worldwide to study Electrophysiology: the electrical activity of neurons. By following a few simpl