The University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management and the Cullen College of Engineering’s Laboratory for Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) Systems collaborated to show the brain activity associated with the creative process of producing original recipes. During this demonstration, culinary artists will be outfitted with brain sensing caps to play the culinary version of the “Exquisite Corpse.” This collaborative, chance-based game was made famous by the Surrealists. The demonstration will be followed by a Q&A session with the participants and led by Cullen Professor Jose “Pepe” Contreras-Vidal, director of the BMI lab, and Brane Poledica, director of Food & Beverage at the Hilton University of Houston. Their brain activity is projected onto a nearby screen as audience members watch and also contribute their MoBI data.
The experiments are conducted in public venues and they provide a platform for interaction between the artists, researchers, and audience. At the end of every experiment (and during the experiment), a question and answer session takes place in which the audience inquires about the technology, performance, or the collaboration itself.
Acknowledgements
NSF award #BCS1533691
Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston
