Impactful Open-Source Projects in 2025
Over the past several months, we've highlighted open-source projects that have captured the interest of our followers, focusing on specific categories such as behavioral devices or video analysis programs. In this final post of the series, we...
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ArUco Markers and Bonsai
This week's post was written by Ray Shen, an undergraduate student from the University of Maryland who is working with the OB team this summer. Real-Time ArUco Marker Detection in Bonsai-RX ArUco markers are fiducial markers widely used for camera...
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Arduino Counter
Simplifying Video Analysis: An Arduino Trial Counter Many neuroscience labs record videos of animals performing behavioral tasks. When your video system is fully integrated and cameras are precisely synchronized with your behavioral control system,...
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Devices and Programs for Imaging
The OpenBehavior Project primarily focuses on tools for behavioral testing and data analysis. However, our database also features a growing number of valuable open-source tools for imaging, including microscopy, calcium imaging, optical sensors,...
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Devices and Programs for Electrophysiology
The OpenBehavior Project primarily focuses on tools for behavioral testing and data analysis. However, our database also features a growing number of valuable open-source tools for electrophysiology experiments that have been reported on our...
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Setups and Protocols: Video Analysis
This summer, the OpenBehavior project team is focusing on creating documentation for setting up and using three valuable video analysis tools in neuroscience research. These tools often lack straightforward, in-lab setup guides, so we want to make...
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Measuring Behavior in Head-Fixed Preparations
This week, we conclude our exploration of the impact of open-source tools for measuring behavior. Our previous posts have focused on tools used in freely moving animals, here, and tools used in the home cage, here. In the coming weeks, we will...
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Measuring Behavior in the Home Cage
This week, we continue our exploration of the impact of open-source tools in neuroscience. In our last post, we reported on tools used to measure behavior in studies using freely moving animals. You can find that summary here. This week, we report...
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Measuring Behavior in Freely Moving Animals
This week, we continue our exploration of the impact of open-source tools in neuroscience. In our last post, we reported on tools used to measure behavior. You can find that summary here. This week, we dive a bit more deeply into these devices and...
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Measuring Behavior
This week, we continue our exploration of the impact of open-source tools in neuroscience, following our recent report on data analysis tools (DeepLabCut, SLEAP, SimBA, BORIS, Fastmap, Brainways, Wholebrain, BPod, and SipperViz). You can find that...
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