Prof. Fonseca, Beatriz Vasconcelos, Paulo Pedrosa and Patrique Fiedler (TUIL) presented the latest developmental results of innocuous alginate-based hydrogels for rapid EEG with a group of representatives of the company EASYCAP from Germany during their visit at UPORTO on December 23rd 2016. After discussing the performed validations, a life-demonstration and hands-on session were performed enabling extensive discussions about the potentials of hydrogels and novel dry sensor technologies for rapid EEG acquisition.