Brain Monitoring with Kafka, OpenTSDB, and Grafana
We explore a project that streams and visualizes EEG data, using Kafkta, OpenTSDB, and Grafana
Brain Monitoring with Kafka, OpenTSDB, and Grafana launched on July 21, 2016 with 15 votes, #1,559 of 3,671 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
This project streams and visualizes EEG brainwave data using Kafka, OpenTSDB, and Grafana. Built during a Kafka Hackathon, it captures neural activity data and displays it in real time through a monitoring system. The system was designed to process brain signals for potential device control applications, though full IoT integration was not completed during development. It serves data engineers and neuroscience researchers interested in exploring real-time biometric data processing and visualization.
written from the facts on this page · September 2026
From the sources
Here at SVDS, we’re a brainy bunch. So we were excited when Confluent announced their inaugural Kafka Hackathon . It was a great opportunity to take our passion for data science and engineering, and apply it to neuroscience. We wondered, “Wouldn’t it be cool to monitor our brain wave activity? And process those signals to control devices like home appliances, light switches, TV’s, and drones?“ We didn’t end up having enough time to implement mind control of any IoT devices during the 2-hour hackathon. However, we did win 2nd place with our project: streaming brainwave EEG data through Kafka’s new Streams API, storing the data on OpenTSDB with Kafka’s Connect API, and finally visualizing the…from svds.com
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