Conor Russomanno

The human body is comprised of many complex systems, all of which are governed by the analog, electrical messages of the nervous systems. We sense. We perceive. We think. And we act. Or maybe we don’t. At every point in the chain electrons are flowing. Where this is true, electrical potentials can be measured with increasingly accessible tools. This class will be a hands investigation of the electricity produced by your heart (ECG) muscles (EEG) and brain (EEG). We will use novel devices to tap in, measure, analyze, and make inferences about how our bodies are affected by our environments, and in turn, we will learn to harness the electricity of our bodies to control our environments.