Texas Instruments ADS1299 or InfluxDB for low-cost high-quality physiological multi-sensor devices?

Can products from www.OpenBCI.com be used for research applications? This paper shows that it is possible: But has www.OpenBCI.com a support which is helpful for reserachers who are interested in developing new devices, or do they only want to sell what is in the www.OpenBCI.com store, until www.OpenBCI.com is dead? For the MRIS it quiet …