Hello , I am a 9th grader looking to do a challenging and complicated science fair project this year that i can compete with (trying to reach ISEF). I have been looking for a topic for two months now but I haven't been able to find anything specific. I am looking in the fields of physics and biomedical engineering ( this was the general topics of my science fair projects from previous years and I am interested in these fields). Through my research, I have found one topic that seems interesting and that is EEG (Electroencephalography). I have read about it and done some research about it and learned that it detects brain waves and can supply us with information about sleep cycles, stress levels, etc. I was wondering if there is any challenging project that involves using EEG to either develop something (engineering project) or make a science fair project where i will measure and analyze the data from an EEG.
I have been thinking whether I could make a mobile/desktop application that could monitor sleep cycles of a person and manage it but I am aware that this already exists and I am unsure this would fit into a science fair project. I would appreciate any other ideas using EEG that is possible for me to do (preferably an advanced project). Also, if there might be any other challenging projects/topics that fall under this field, I would greatly appreciate it if you could enlighten me
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Time is not a concern (I have from now until about mid-February) except that I need a topic selection in about a week.
This is my first post on "Ask an Expert" and I am sorry if this is the wrong place to post this or if I have worded my question wrong.
Thank You for taking the time to read over this.
(This post is also posted under ISEF Project Ideas Forum)
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