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=Sensebridge: The Noisebridge Cyborg Group= | =Sensebridge: The Noisebridge Cyborg Group= | ||
"If you can't beat the robot armies, join them." | "If you can't beat the robot armies, join them." | ||
We are concerned with human-machine interfaces. | We are concerned with human-machine interfaces. | ||
==Motivations== | ==Motivations== | ||
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To avoid confusion (where possible) we'll try to use these terms. | To avoid confusion (where possible) we'll try to use these terms. | ||
"Sensor" is the device that detects external stuff that the body (probably) can't detect. | "Sensor" is the device that detects external stuff that the body (probably) can't detect. "Display" is the way the device shows data to the body (not necessarily visually). This gets around the device-centric / body-centric problem that shows up when using the terms input & output. "Armature" is the physical component of the device: the belt, hat, armband, etc; distinct from the electronics. | ||
"Display" is the way the device shows data to the body (not necessarily visually). This gets around the device-centric / body-centric problem that shows up when using the terms input & output. | |||
"Armature" is the physical component of the device: the belt, hat, armband, etc; distinct from the electronics. | |||
==Mailing List== | ==Mailing List== | ||
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*Why? | *Why? | ||
**Plug-and-play(ish) interoperability of sensors and | **Plug-and-play(ish) interoperability of sensors and input modes. Build three sensors and three input modes, and we have 9 possible combinations, und so weiter. | ||
**Simplify development by separating sensing and presentation design/tasks. | **Simplify development by separating sensing and presentation design/tasks. | ||
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**#Abstract away from the physical phenomena the stimuli represent and look instead at common patterns in the data streams. | **#Abstract away from the physical phenomena the stimuli represent and look instead at common patterns in the data streams. | ||
**#??? | **#??? | ||
**On the data | **On the data presentation end: | ||
**#Identify and prototype a number of | **#Identify and prototype a number of input methods. | ||
**#For each method think of: | **#For each method think of: | ||
**#*What modulations of the signal are possible; intensity, spacing, direction, timing...? Based on that, what is the theoretical bandwidth of that method? | **#*What modulations of the signal are possible; intensity, spacing, direction, timing...? Based on that, what is the theoretical bandwidth of that input method? | ||
**#*How sensitive is the average person there? How much of the signal can the brain interpret meaningfully (too much noise vs. too weak of a signal)? Based on that, what is the <em>practical</em> bandwidth that we might expect? | **#*How sensitive is the average person there? How much of the signal can the brain interpret meaningfully (too much noise vs. too weak of a signal)? Based on that, what is the <em>practical</em> bandwidth that we might expect? | ||
==Current Projects== | ==Current Projects== | ||
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[[Eyes in the back of your back]] | [[Eyes in the back of your back]] | ||
==Cybernetic Theory== | ==Cybernetic Theory== | ||
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[[NBC_2009Mar29|March 29, 2009]] | [[NBC_2009Mar29|March 29, 2009]] | ||
[[Category:Sensebridge]] | [[Category:Sensebridge]] | ||