I’m finishing Jared Diamond‘s book Collapse. As the subtitle tells us, this book discusses how societies fail (that is how they collapse) or succeed. Diamond argues that one reason societies collapse is that they consume certain resources at unsustainable levels. E.g. a society may consume too much timber which may lead to deforestation. Deforestation can …
Monthly Archive: June 2008
Jun
14
Jun
13
Driving simulator scenarios for testing driver distraction
I’m back with another video. This one is similar to my last one, only with more events. The video does a pretty good job explaining each event, so I will let you listen to it. Your comments are welcome, and enjoy! Owen Derby I hope you enjoyed it!
Jun
10
The Galvactivator
As I was searching for resources and information for my current project (the skin-conductance glove) today, I stumbled upon this very interesting, but related, project at MIT’s Media Lab. They call it a Galvactivator and it is…a glove which measures skin conductance…only it’s not publicly available. However, they use it basically as a modern mood …
Jun
09
LucidTouch overlays user's hand on screen
I really like the LucidTouch project. Check out the video: I wonder how we can use this idea in Project54… E.g. instead of using the touch sensor in the back we could experiment with Oszkar Palinko’s instrumented glove, or a new version of this glove. If we kept the glove design with push buttons, you …
Jun
08
What's the killer app for a really big multitouch display?
Here’s the answer by iBar: Andrew Kun
Jun
05
Stroop Color Word Test
At the beginning of this semester our lab obtained a device called ProComp Infinity (see picture below) which is used for collecting physiological measurements (we want to measure heart rate and skin conductance). In order to gain experience with this equipment and to see the sensitivity of the measurements to different environmental factors, we performed …
Jun
02
IEEE Member Digital Library: Poor performance
As I’ve said in a previous post, IEEE’s Member Digital Library (MDL) really needs technical help. I continue to have problems accessing this service from work (!) because UNH’s subscription “interferes” with the IEEE system’s ability to recognize my login. So one minute I can access papers, the next I’m told that my subscription doesn’t …