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Neosensory maintains special Buzz pricing for the developer community. To request this pricing, please fill out our request form.

Neosensory API

Build apps that port real-time data to Buzz and other Neosensory products with our API. Create your own custom vibrations and empower Buzz users to expand their sensory experience with your app. You can stream data to Buzz via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) (recommended) or USB.

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Helping firefighters see better with Buzz
The winners are in for Neosensory’s second developer contest. Our judges were thrilled with the dozens of inventive entries that leveraged Buzz to create devices ranging from health monitors to echolocation devices. In this ongoing series, we’ll be showcasing the most exciting submissions. To see all winners, click here. Meet the team: “Hi! I’m EmanuelContinue reading “Helping firefighters see better with Buzz”
A deeper immersion in VR with Buzz
The winners are in for Neosensory’s second developer contest. Our judges were thrilled with the dozens of inventive entries that leveraged Buzz to create devices ranging from infrared sensors to echolocation devices. In this ongoing series, we’ll be showcasing these submissions. To see all winners, click here. “The sixth sense” is often used to describeContinue reading “A deeper immersion in VR with Buzz”
Using Buzz to reduce snoring
The winners are in for Neosensory’s second developer contest. Our judges were thrilled with the dozens of inventive entries that leveraged Buzz to create devices ranging from infrared sensors to echolocation devices. In this ongoing series, we’ll be showcasing these submissions. To see all winners, click here. What’s worse than nightmares, in that it disruptsContinue reading “Using Buzz to reduce snoring”
These inventors want to give humans the sense of echolocation
Neosensory’s second developers contest has concluded and the winners are in! Our judges were thrilled with the many inventive entries leveraging Buzz to create devices ranging from smart snoring correctors to echolocation devices. In this ongoing series, we’ll be showcasing these submissions. To see all winners, click here. For their entry in Neosensory’s “Expand YourContinue reading “These inventors want to give humans the sense of echolocation”
A new way to monitor patients remotely: BuzzBeat
Neosensory’s second developers contest has concluded and the winners are in! Our judges were thrilled with the many inventive entries leveraging Buzz to create devices ranging from smart snoring correctors to echolocators. In this ongoing series, we’ll be showcasing these submissions. To see all winners, click here. Sachin Singh Bhadoriya and Dishant Shat felt inspiredContinue reading “A new way to monitor patients remotely: BuzzBeat”
Feel the Future: Our Third Developer Contest
Our third Neosensory contest is here. Your brain is a fantastic piece of machinery. Despite being locked away in the darkness of your skull, it is the ultimate arbiter of your perception and reality. Your brain perceives the world by learning to decode data from your existing sensory pathways. This starts with the sensory receptorsContinue reading “Feel the Future: Our Third Developer Contest”
Winners announced for our 2nd Developer Contest
After the success of our first Developer Contest, Neosensory teamed up with Edge Impulse to host the “Expand your senses” contest on Hackster. Over 200 participants registered from all over the world to compete and follow along. We received more than 90 entries to win a Buzz haptic feedback wristband, and whittling it down toContinue reading “Winners announced for our 2nd Developer Contest”
Sensing electromagnetic field signals with Neosensory Buzz
Max Ladabaum is a finalist from our first Neosensory developer contest. We are excited to host the following guest write-up from him about the Buzz AC field detector! Making information more intuitive I used to wish that I was superman. Not so that I could have super strength, or heat vision, or even the ability toContinue reading “Sensing electromagnetic field signals with Neosensory Buzz”
The Neosensory “Built for Buzz” program
At Neosensory, we envision a new world where everyone has access to new and useful sensory perceptions. We are finally entering an era where technology is enabling us to produce non-invasive wearable devices that are able to do this. Buzz is our first baby step down this unfathomably immense path. We can’t do this allContinue reading “The Neosensory “Built for Buzz” program”
Expand your senses: Neosensory’s 2nd developer contest
After an incredible response from our first Neosensory developer competition in which we received unbelievably creative submissions from the world over, we knew that we had to do this again. This time we are collaborating with our friends over at Edge Impulse and hosting the competition on hackster.io. We are delighted to announce our secondContinue reading “Expand your senses: Neosensory’s 2nd developer contest”
Developers: Get started expanding your perception
Sensory substitution and addition are exciting frontiers. With our open API and optional SDKs available for Arduino, Android, and iOS, there is a huge range of ways that you can start expanding your senses. With our API you can send and encode any data stream to your Buzz via any Bluetooth Low Energy-capable device. TheContinue reading “Developers: Get started expanding your perception”
Buzzing emotions: how Buzz can be used to help neurodiverse people interpret emotion
Chloe and Shannon are finalists from our first Neosensory developer contest. We are delighted to host the following guest write-up from them about their extraordinary submission! When I first saw a demo for Neosensory’s vest prototype back in 2018, my mind was mystified about the seemingly endless possibilities for data to feed into the hapticContinue reading “Buzzing emotions: how Buzz can be used to help neurodiverse people interpret emotion”
Results are in! Neosensory Developer Contest Winner
We recently launched our first ever developer contest. We were excited to see what projects the growing Neosensory developer community had in mind since the launch of our open API and SDKs. But given all of the craziness going on in the world, we weren’t sure what to expect. Developer project entries To our pleasantContinue reading “Results are in! Neosensory Developer Contest Winner”
Temperature sensing wristband with the Neosensory Arduino Bluefruit SDK
In the 1987 movie Predator, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character fights an alien enemy in a dark, foggy rainforest. He is stumped when no amount of camouflage hides him and his comrades from this mysterious foe. They realize all too late the Predator has thermal vision and can track humans by sensing their body temperature. Thermal visionContinue reading “Temperature sensing wristband with the Neosensory Arduino Bluefruit SDK”
Hack your senses – Neosensory’s first developer contest
Have you been itching to hack your senses? Here’s your chance. Win a Neosensory Buzz plus a $1,000 grand prize while you’re at it! From July 16th through September 10th, we are running a 2-stage contest. In stage one, you can submit ideas for cool apps you’d like to build with a Neosensory Buzz. Smellotouch?Continue reading “Hack your senses – Neosensory’s first developer contest”

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