LTS Students Create Digital Brain Experience

LTS students have developed an intriguing immersive experience that challenges the public audience to explore what it means to be human in an age of thinking machines.

Digital Brain transports visitors to the year 2045, where brain-computer interfaces have evolved from experimental medical devices to essential tools that shape how people work, remember, and even dream. The 15-minute narrated journey combines real neurotechnology with fictional storytelling, featuring live EEG brain monitoring and AI-powered interactive challenges.

“We wanted to move beyond the typical ‘robots taking over’ narrative,” explains the student development team. “Instead, we created an experience that lets people explore the ethical questions we’ll actually face as neurotechnology advances through a fictional story and interactive elements.”

Participants begin by following a narrator into the year 2045, where they enter a Cerebral Advancement project as volunteers and wear an EEG headband that captures their real-time brainwave patterns. The system transforms this neural data into personalised visualisations and musical compositions, creating unique “neural artifacts.” The experience reaches its climax when participants find their consciousness “trapped” in a simulation, requiring them to prove their humanity to an AI system through a series of personalised riddles and challenges.

Drawing inspiration from famous science-fiction films like The Matrix and Minority Report, as well as current research and design practices, the project represents a fascinating blend of science fiction and emerging science fact.

The Digital Brain experience premiered during the LTS Fintech Hackathon at the beginning of July 2025. It will be presented at other occasions later in the year, continuing Luxembourg Tech School’s mission to help students and the public engage thoughtfully with transformative technologies.

The Digital Brain project is supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR).