<s>
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Inc	I-Algorithm
.	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
bio-informatics	O
and	O
technology	O
company	O
developing	O
and	O
manufacturing	O
wearable	O
electroencephalography	B-Application
(	O
EEG	B-Application
)	O
products	O
including	O
neuroheadsets	O
,	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kits	I-Application
(	O
SDK	O
)	O
,	O
software	O
,	O
mobile	O
apps	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tan	O
Le	O
founded	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
called	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Systems	O
with	O
Nam	O
Do	O
,	O
Allan	O
Snyder	O
,	O
and	O
Neil	O
Weste	O
,	O
in	O
Australia	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
work	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
EPOC	O
neuroheadset	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
mobile	O
EEG	B-Application
device	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Tan	O
Le	O
split	O
from	O
the	O
partnership	O
to	O
establish	O
a	O
US	O
entity	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Lifesciences	O
Inc	O
.	O
with	O
Geoffrey	O
Mackellar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Lifesciences	O
officially	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Inc	I-Algorithm
.	I-Algorithm
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
EPOC	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
research	O
and	O
shown	O
to	O
deliver	O
acceptable	O
quality	O
EEG	B-Application
for	O
research	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
designed	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Insight	I-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
5-channel	O
headset	O
and	O
raised	O
capital	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
manufacture	O
the	O
device	O
and	O
supporting	O
software	O
via	O
crowd	O
funding	O
site	O
Kickstarter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
redesigned	O
and	O
released	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
EPOC+	O
,	O
a	O
wireless	O
,	O
14-channel	O
mobile	O
EEG	B-Application
system	O
to	O
target	O
professional	O
use	O
in	O
research	O
and	O
industrial	O
applications	O
with	O
upgraded	O
electronics	O
including	O
9-axis	O
inertial	O
sensors	O
,	O
Bluetooth	O
Smart	O
and	O
an	O
improved	O
power	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Insight	I-Algorithm
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
general	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
joined	O
the	O
Disney/Techstars	O
Accelerator	O
program	O
and	O
presented	O
at	O
"	O
Demo	O
Day	O
"	O
in	O
October	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Inc	I-Algorithm
.	I-Algorithm
released	O
EPOC+	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
research-oriented	O
wireless	O
headset	O
that	O
records	O
14-channel	O
EEG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
conventional	O
EEG	B-Application
systems	O
that	O
use	O
sticky	O
gels	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
saline	O
based	O
wet	O
sensors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EPOC+	O
measures	O
both	O
EEG	B-Application
and	O
9-axis	O
motion	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Insight	I-Algorithm
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
general	O
release	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
5-channel	O
wireless	O
EEG	B-Application
device	O
covering	O
frontal	O
,	O
temporal	O
and	O
parieto-occipital	O
locations	O
around	O
the	O
brain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
provides	O
free	O
companion	O
app	O
called	O
Insight	O
App	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
monitor	O
their	O
emotions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EMOTIV	B-Algorithm
provides	O
a	O
two-tier	O
SDK	O
for	O
the	O
EPOC	O
:	O
Community	O
and	O
Premium	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
14	O
channel	O
wireless	O
EPOC+	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
research	O
and	O
brain-computer	B-Application
interface	I-Application
use	O
,	O
and	O
EEG	B-Application
can	O
be	O
obtained	O
with	O
an	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
Pure.EEG	O
subscription	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
has	O
made	O
access	O
to	O
raw	O
data	O
a	O
separate	O
paid	O
option	O
and	O
implemented	O
some	O
countermeasures	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
deter	O
creation	O
of	O
third-party	O
software	O
able	O
to	O
interoperate	O
to	O
headsets	O
(	O
more	O
precisely	O
their	O
USB	O
dongles	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
authors	O
believe	O
that	O
the	O
data	O
flowing	O
between	O
a	O
dongle	O
and	O
a	O
headset	O
is	O
unencrypted	O
)	O
produced	O
by	O
Emotiv	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
