April 2010
Tags: Expressing emotions through vibration for perception and control
Wed, 04/28/2010 - 12:00am
Umea University's Shafiq ur Rehman has developed a system that offers visually impaired users a method for interpreting people's facial expressions. The system features a Web camera, hardware the size of a coin, and a tactile display. The system converts visual information from the camera into advanced vibrating patterns displayed on the skin. "The vibrators are sequentially activated to provide dynamic information about what kind of emotion a person is expressing and the intensity of the emotion," Rehman says.
myTARDIS - data management system for private lab/facility data.
Tue, 04/27/2010 - 12:00am
myTARDIS - data management system for private lab/facility data.
Monash University software engineer Steve Androulakis and biochemist Ashley Buckle have developed MyTARDIS/TARDIS, a tool designed to securely collect, store, and share research information.
Association of Interruptions With an Increased Risk and Severity of Medication Administration Errors
Mon, 04/26/2010 - 12:00am
Background Interruptions have been implicated as a cause of clinical errors, yet, to our knowledge, no empirical studies of this relationship exist. We tested the hypothesis that interruptions during medication administration increase errors.
AMI (Augmented Multi-party Interaction) Consortium
Fri, 04/23/2010 - 12:00am
AMI (Augmented Multi-party Interaction) Consortium
The Future of Meetings
Tomorrow, meetings will mix real meetings in smart meeting rooms with virtual meetings, to provide the best of both worlds. When we are preparing for a meeting, we will review the meeting synopsis of related meetings in which we have participated, or maybe some we missed. As participants interact with one another, sensors in the environment will capture and networks will transmit raw media.
Virtual Color Organ
Tue, 04/20/2010 - 1:00am
Virtual Color Organ
This is the site for the Color Organ created by Jack Ox and David Britton with 3D modeling by Richard Rodriguez and Jack Ox.
You can watch the development of this visualization instrument by visiting our online "notebook" every so often.
