I first became interested in tDCS in 2013 when the grass roots DIY tDCS movement was strong, and the only commercially available products were a featureless and poorly assembled $40 kit, and the $300 device which was quite expensive and had some serious safety concerns. I decided I wanted to try out tDCS for myself to see if it could improve my cognitive function (make me superhuman), but figured that I could probably design a model that was better than what was currently available. So I started tinkering around with schematics and creating prototypes, until I finally landed on a design that incorporated everything that I wanted to see included in a tDCS device.

I originally started by making and testing each device by hand in my garage and listing them for sale on eBay. As sales started to increase, I created this website and began releasing updated versions of the product. But as interest in tDCS and The Brain Stimulator started to grow, I found it harder and harder to keep up with the orders that were pouring in. Whereas when I first started out I would receive maybe 1-2 sales a week, I was now starting to see 1-2 sales per day. Before I knew it, I was hiring electrical engineers from my college and turning my dining room table into a miniature manufacturing facility!

As demand continued to grow, I constantly had to place the product on backorder and knew that I needed to move into a more professional location. So a few months before graduation, I packed everything up and moved operations into a large-scale electronics manufacturing facility in Southern California. I couldn’t be happier with our new location. Every device is hand-made by some of the nicest people you will ever meet, and their microscopic attention to detail and quality control, exceeds even my highest standards. Additionally, I am constantly working side-by-side with electrical engineers at the facility, to not only expand the feature set, but improve the safety features of our devices.