Owen Derby

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Name: Owen Derby
Date registered: July 26, 2011

Latest posts

  1. Using Adobe Premiere — August 15, 2008
  2. Driving simulator scenarios for testing driver distraction — June 13, 2008
  3. The Galvactivator — June 10, 2008
  4. Hazardous Driving Events — August 23, 2007

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Aug
15

Using Adobe Premiere

As many of you may know, I spent a good part of the summer in front of the video-editing computer transcribing data from videos of experiments. I used Adobe Premiere to organize and view the videos. However, Adobe Premiere was made for movie/cinematic editing, not data transcription, so I had to “invent” a few ways …

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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 …

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Aug
23

Hazardous Driving Events

I would first like to say I have thoroughly enjoyed my 3 weeks interning at Project54. During my time here, I have created four “hazardous” traffic incidents. Hazardous in the sense that there is perceived danger, which requires the driver to take preventative actions to avoid collisions or accidents. While none of these are commonplace …

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