@BackyardBrains

🧠 We democratize brain research via DIY tools! What will you discover?

 Ann Arbor, MI
backyardbrains.com/
Joined October 2009
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Meet SpikerBot! This isn’t sci‑fi, it’s your next project. Back it now and bring your robot to life! 👉 kickstarter.com/projects/bac… #Kickstarter #Robotics #Neuroscience #STEM #DIYTech #Innovation #EdTech #FutureTech #Makers #Science
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SpikerBot just got featured in @make "No code, no LLMs, just neurons, synapses, and behavior emerging from a circuit a kid designed." Kickstarter campaign is LIVE: secure yours today! 🔗 makezine.com/article/technol… #SpikerBot #BackyardBrains #Neuroscience #Kickstarter

Program a Brain on Wheels With SpikerBot - Make:

With SpikerBot robot from Backyard Brains, kids can design lifelike behaviors and learn neuroscience, no lines of code needed.

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You don't #program SpikerBot. You give it a #brain. Drag and drop #neurons, wire them together, and watch what it does. No #code. No #PhD. Just #neuroscience in your hands. Back us on @Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/bac…
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Kat Scott 🐀@kscottzMay 12
My colleagues in Ann Arbor who work in DIY neuroscience have a new product drop today. It is small educational robot that you program by building your own simple neural nets by hand. If you want to learn more about real neuroscience and robotics this is your best bet!
Backyard Brains ┃ DIY Neuroscience Kits@BackyardBrainsMay 12
SpikerBot is LIVE on Kickstarter! 🧠🤖 Build a brain. Create a creature. Learn neuroscience by programming a robot with neurons. Support the launch: kickstarter.com/projects/bac… #edtech #neuroscience #brain #robotics #stem
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SpikerBot is LIVE on Kickstarter! 🧠🤖 Build a brain. Create a creature. Learn neuroscience by programming a robot with neurons. Support the launch: kickstarter.com/projects/bac… #edtech #neuroscience #brain #robotics #stem
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1 DAY until #SpikerBot launches on @Kickstarter! 🚀🧠 Hands-on neuroscience for students, educators & robotics fans, straight to your desk. Don't miss it! tinyurl.com/5bbjj574 #Neuroscience #Robotics #EdTech #STEM #BrainTech
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TOMORROW IS THE DAY! Our newest project, the SpikerBot, officially launches on @Kickstarter ! Get ready to build your own spiking neural networks and bring your custom creature to life. Don't miss out on our early bird tiers, click “Notify me” now! tinyurl.com/5bbjj574
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Don't code your next robot. Build its brain instead. 🧠 The #SpikerBot uses a real-time Spiking Neural Network so you can drag, drop, and wire up neurons to control its behavior. Pure computational neuroscience in the palm of your hand! 🧬 #Robotics #BackyardBrains #NeuroTech
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Grab the $1 VIP @Kickstarter sub for exclusive pricing 👇 spikerbots.backyardbrains.co…
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Meet SpikerBot! 🤖 It thinks using simulated neurons, not standard code. Plus, you can 3D print accessories! Grab the $1 VIP @Kickstarter sub for exclusive pricing 👇 spikerbots.backyardbrains.co… #TechTrends #EdTech #Robotics #Neuroscience
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Have you ever wanted to shoot webs like Spider-Man using just the electrical signals from your own muscles? Our very own Alex Hatch did exactly that using a Spiker:bit and micro:bit, and he's going to be showing it off live!
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@makeFeb 19
Join Make: Editors live on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, for Make: Live: Volume 96 Show & Tell, where we’ll talk with the featured authors as they share their projects and the inspiration, experimentation, and elbow grease behind them. Register here: meet.zoho.com/dmob-kuq-kig
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✨ Spiker:bit featured in Make: Magazine! 
📌 We’re excited to share that our latest invention Spiker:bit, the micro:bit-compatible bio-signal board, was just featured and tested by @make 🧠 🔖 makethings.make.co/p/heartbe… 🔗 Kickstarter: kickstarter.com/projects/bac…
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Backyard Brains ┃ DIY Neuroscience Kits retweeted
Becky Stern@bekathwia30 Jul 2025
Meet Spiker:bit by @BackyardBrains
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Hackster.io@Hacksterio23 Jul 2025
.@BackyardBrains’ Spiker:bit turns biological signals into BMIs for any number of projects. Now on @Kickstarter! hackster.io/news/backyard-br…

Backyard Brains’ Spiker:bit Turns Biological Signals Into BMIs for Any Number of Projects

Spiker:bit is an easy-to-use kit that lets anyone build interactive inventions controlled by their brainwaves, heartbeats, and muscles.

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🤩 “My goal wasn’t best functioning but low cost, for people who can’t pay more than 200-300 Euros to be able to do simple things like grabbing a cup of coffee or a paper, a ball and the like.” More in our new blog post 👇👇 blog.backyardbrains.com/2025…
A teenager wearing white lab coat and a low-cost myoelectric hand prosthesis that he made himself using parts of Backyard Brains' Claw device.

ALT A teenager wearing white lab coat and a low-cost myoelectric hand prosthesis that he made himself using parts of Backyard Brains' Claw device.

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You're looking at a functioning myoelectric robotic prosthetic hand custom-built for a person born without left-hand fingers! The engineer: student Jorge Iglesias Costas from Barcelona, who made it using our EMG sensor from Human Spikerbox. Blog post coming soon! 📷 Jorge IC
A custom-built robotic prosthetic hand made by Jorge Iglesias Costas, using an EMG sensor from Backyard Brains. The hand is black and white, made of plastic, and is being used by a person born without left-hand fingers.

ALT A custom-built robotic prosthetic hand made by Jorge Iglesias Costas, using an EMG sensor from Backyard Brains. The hand is black and white, made of plastic, and is being used by a person born without left-hand fingers.

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Kids can do amazing things as scientists, if we only give them a nudge! Throwback to our report on an incredibly brave teen scientist from Tucson AZ and her research of stress tolerance in first responders. Kudos to her mentors too! 👉 blog.backyardbrains.com/2024…
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