Open-Source Solutions for Modern Neuroscience
New Atlantis Laboratories develops open-source software extensions and hardware designs for the cognitive neuroscience research community, with the goal of accelerating scientific discovery.
Conducting novel scientific research often requires the development of custom tools to address specific needs for which there are no commercially available solutions. Accessible, well documented, open-source solutions that permit sharing and modification reduce wasteful reinventing of the wheel, and are therefore critical to improving research efficiency. New Atlantis strives to assist the research community through the free and open distribution of resources and knowledge.
Software Extensions
New Atlantis software extensions build upon mature, open-source software that have already been serving the research community for decades, and provide:
Refined graphical user interfaces
Cross-platform support
Comprehensive online documentation
Large and active online user communities
Abundant online tutorials and learning resources
IGNITE (Image-Guided Neural Implantation Targeting Extensions)
Python scripts and macros for various open-source software related to analysis of medical imaging (Slicer) and computer aided design (FreeCAD).
MF3D
Virtual macaque monkey avatar data and Blender software tools for studying social processing in non-human primates.
PsychToolbar
Graphical user interfaces and convenience functions for Matlab / Octave -based experimental control system for behavioral neuroscience.
Open Software Projects¶
Open Hardware Projects¶
New Atlantis Laboratories’ open hardware projects’ resources are hosted on GrabCAD and licensed under the permissive CERN open-hardware 2.0 license, while the accompanying documentation is hosted here on ReadTheDocs and licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0.
PrimaThrone (MRI)
Behavioral testing and functional imaging chairs for non-human primates.
PrimaThrone (E.phys)
Behavioral testing and electrophysiology chairs for non-human primates.
METHVEx
Macaque Eye-Tracking for Head-free Visual Experiments.
A chin-rest design for head stabilization in human psychophysics research.
About
New Atlantis Laboratories takes its name from the 1626 utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon, in which he described a fictitious island where people held attitudes towards the free and open dissemination of knowledge that we refer to today as ‘open science’. The goal of New Atlantis Laboratories is to make a range of niche digital tools developed for specific applications within behavioural neuroscience research publicly available to the research community. In addition to software tools this includes hardware designs released under permissive, open-source licenses (CC BY-SA 4.0) that allow commercial enterprises to acquire, develop, fabricate and retail these designs, provided they share any changes or improvements they make under the same license.
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