The people and their plans

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How about the following format for entering membership data?
Name — email address — website — other contact info
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE:
DID: what you've done so far
DOING: what you're doing now
WILL DO: what you're planning to do
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT:
I LIVE AT: (new field for data entry!)
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: (new field for data entry!)

Mitch Altman — mitch@CornfieldElectronics — http://CornfieldElectronics.com
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: electrical engineering
DID: experiment with sound & light machines
DOING: building sound & light machine, utilizing some new ideas of my own
WILL DO: play with ideas for Open Brain Stimulator Project
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT:

Brandon J.K. Barks - bbarks.tms@hotmail.com
Background/Expertise: BSc Microbiology & Immunology. I am also studying to get my MD.
Did: I have not done anything within this field as of yet.
Doing: Currently I am researching the available literature pertaining to TMS and neural stimulation/inhibition.
Will Do: My plan is to aid in the construction of a personal TMS machine and use it to further the understanding of the human mind. More specifically, I have plans to perform a study on TMS and savantism, TMS and speech disorder, and TMS and chronic pain syndrome.
Thoughts On What We Need Next: I concur with the other members in the fact that we need project management. After there is a more defined goal structure, we can progress through the necessary goals to reach the point where we have an actual prototype to test.
I Live At: Canada

Manuel Betancurt
email address — juanman234@yahoo.com
website — hyperprogram.com
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: IT developer, studying Electronic Engineering
DID: what you've done in this field before, Audio visual stimulation device
DOING: what you're doing currently (experimenting, etc.), Neurofeedback device
WILL DO: what you'd like to do. build a working TMS system
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: Lets make it real
I LIVE AT: Bogota Colombia
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: for sure.

Ed Boyden — e.boyden3@gmail.com — http://edboyden.org
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: electrical engineering, neuroscience
DID: assembled wiki, did some modeling and survey work
DOING: writing software for modeling fields from coils.
WILL DO: keep the wiki in order
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: find some initial cap/inductor values to try out.

William Cuthbert — wac2@buffalo.edu
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: electrical engineering, computer music
DID: preliminary research
DOING: design a new TMS device
WILL DO: make TMS more practical and affordable
I LIVE AT: Western New York
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: Yes

Amos Dettonville — tasty at buffaloes dot com
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: Most of my expertise is in software, currently
as applied to industrial automation (robots tasked with building
custom parts using machine vision, that sort of thing). I write in 15-20 languages so far, closer to 25 if one counts
hardware-specific languages. I've read a great deal on
neuro-anatomy, not so much yet on -chemistry and -physiology.
WILL DO: I can translate the wiki or other materials into Russian,
Spanish, Portuguese. (I know a little Mandarin too but I'm sure Xue
Han has me beat there =P) I can help with the microcontroller programming, protocol design, and human interface across different platforms. I can donate small sums of money on a regular basis for materials.
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: As a collaborative open-source project
we need all the blueprints we've got so far, a subversion repository
for every piece of code we write, external resources for the public to learn more, possibly an IRC channel, all linked to on the Main page (which
should be broken down into links to other sections, since it's too
text-heavy as it is). We should have a paypal donation link for
materials or future needs. I'm 100% with Ed that we need project
management and that everyone should have clearly defined goals.
I LIVE AT: Minneapolis, MN
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: Of course

Leo Parker Dirac — leo (at) byz.org
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: physics, electronics, internet applications
DID: Cheerleading
DOING: More cheerleading
WILL DO: Build a TMS and test it on myself. Build web applications to support the project.
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT:

Pierre Dragicevic — (Please no spam) — http://liihs.irit.fr/dragice
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: R&D in human-computer interfaces
DID:
DOING: -
WILL DO: software
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT:
I LIVE AT: Toronto
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: interested

Alexander Gräf alex@graef.cc
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE:
Software engineer, various programming languages since 1995, also able to build electronic devices
DID: nothing
DOING: nothing
WILL DO: Software development (Windows GUI, low level I/O), web development (pages, design), documentation, translation (german), marketing (spreading the word, finding engineers if necessary)
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: A time schedule. A cleaner website, with structured information/milestones and clear goals. Why? Developing such a device makes a lot of fun, but the ultimate goal - at least for me - is having one for myself. I think that is the goal for many people, so with a clear schedule and milestones, people will be more likely to join the project and contribute, if they can see a soon-to-approach goal, or at least know how many % of the whole thing are done and what has to be done.
I LIVE AT: Frankfurt/Main, Germany
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: Of course!

Mark Garfin — OpenrTMS@superkuh.com — http://nervousenenergy.net/
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: Have improvised cheap (dangerous) high voltage power supplies out of common parts and can tweak both analog and solid state switching schemes at high amperage and voltages from other applications and fields. Also, I know a bit of neuroscience.
DID: Designed a sub-$250 TMS (not rTMS, too much heat) spark gap swithed device documented on my page (it is not very good).
DOING: Designed, stimuluated and built a galvanic vestibular stimulator with current mirror control and an BJT H-bridge controlled by a perl parallel port script.
WILL DO: Find cheap IGBTs with fast dI/dT times and make a list of suitable gate drives and topologies for switching and how they can be implemented most cheaply and simply.
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: We need to schedule meetings in some real
time media like an IRC channel x___ per week/month or VOIP conferences
to see if we're all thinking the same things.
I LIVE AT: Very Western, Wisconsin
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: Sure.

Neil Halelamien - http://www.its.caltech.edu/~neilh
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: PhD student in computation & neural systems program at Caltech
DID & DOING: currently doing TMS research (with MagStim? system) on occipital cortex, investigating visual reactivation phenomenon
WILL DO: not sure yet, mostly just curious about project
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: build something?
I LIVE AT: Pasadena, CA
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: potentially

Xue Han — xue.han1@gmail.com — http://xuehan.org
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: neuroscience
DID: coil test tank, first round.
DOING:
WILL DO:
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: integration with eye tracking and EEG/IR

Ryan Hanson
Fanucon@gmail.com
Electrical Controls Engineer (Primarily AC)
Attempting to create a Sonic Granite Saw
Give any input that i can offer to support the cause
I dont know what the immediate status is because im not registered but i do know that Sonic Weaponry has been
known to set bowel movements induce fear anger and a number of other emotions
Saint Cloud MN
Not Immediately

Matthew Lindgren, nefariouslacker@yahoo.com, matthewlindgren.com
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE:
DID: I've done absolutely nothing in this field before. I am interested in building a device to experiment with myself, with the idea that I may someday use what I learn clinically.
DOING: I am a marriage and family therapy intern, not a researcher. I am interested in learning how to use electronically created states to help people therapeutically.
WILL DO: See above.
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: I just came across your site while researching the work of Dr. Persinger, and haven't even seen your site. (I'm registering first.)
I LIVE AT: I live in Oakland, California, and would be very happy to meet with people who might be able to offer advice or share resources.
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: Yes, I am interested in meeting others for sharing. I have some background as a software engineer, but no experience whatever with electronics.

David Marcelo - mdavidatfing-edu-uy
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: Biomedical Engineering Help Teacher at my University
DID: Some reaserch
DOING: Some reaserch
WILL DO: play with ideas for Open Brain Stimulator Project
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT:
I LIVE AT: Uruguay

Bo Morgan — bo (at) mit.edu — http://web.media.mit.edu/~neptune — cell: 617-803-3629
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: artificial intelligence
DID:
DOING: designing prototype I/O hat
WILL DO: pattern recognition of neural data, build I/O hat
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: coil geometries, heat dissipation
I LIVE AT: Cambridge, MA, USA
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: Yes

R. Michael O'Bannon mob@mindspring.com
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE:
DID: Have used a variety of CES devices, and do EEG/Neurofeedback work.
DOING: Investigating LENS (Low-intensity neural stimulation). Teach
neurophysiology.
WILL DO: Microprocessor designs for neurofeedback.
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT:
I LIVE AT: Atlanta, GA
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: Yes

Tommi Olanne tjo@rocketmail.com
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE:
DID: gathered information
DOING: seeking ways to contribute technically
WILL DO: at least find relevant information
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: you need to communicate
with the abolitionists (=us) so no effort is wasted!
I LIVE AT: Finland
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: if interested

Jeffrey C. Rouse
Email address rousej1@yahoo.com
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: neuropsychiatrist
DID: neurosciences/computer background
DOING: looking where to start
WILL DO: Rebuild New Orleans and hack my own computer
I LIVE AT: New Orleans
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: of course

David Sergeant
BACKGROUND/EXPERTISE: computer science
DID: research into TMS
DOING: more of the same
WILL DO: anything necessary to advance the project
THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE NEED NEXT: Figure out how to build a prototype
I LIVE AT: Southern Nevada
INTERESTED IN MEETING OTHERS LOCALLY FOR SHARING: yes

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