It was the beginning of 2014 and I was in Hallstatt, Austria, on BNCI Horizon 2020 Retreat, event aimed to discuss the future of BCIs (brain-computer interfaces) with over 60 experts from the field. Among the hot topics was the state of brainwave reading by means of electroencephalography (EEG). The special thing about this event is that I had a "secret agenda": without announcing it, I brought up with me the just assembled first working small Smarting mobile EEG device AND the Android phone with the (first beta version of) application able to display signals in real time! It may not sound impressive -- but believe me, it was. No one had such ability (!) and it is still rather unique today.