NIA 1 (Harold) : Cerebral Solutions
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Project Motivation
Empower hands-free technology use for the thousands of people each year that are afflicted with nerve-degenerating diseases or limb-disabling accidents.
Activity Log
Product
- General Scope
- Initially Map the bio signals to keys; however, we found out that the NIA application already does that for us.
- Architecture & Design
Cerebral Suite is a music application suite for disabled persons with limited mobility. All parts of the software are usable through facial movements.Selectable objects are marked with a red indicator that can be moved according to the user’s facial movements. To select items: Move indicator left = Raise both eyebrows Move indicator right = Raise right eyebrow Select = glance left From the main screen, you can select from a variety of applications: - MindMail: Send an email with a modified interface - MindMusic: Play the drums or keyboard using a visual interface - SimonPulse: Play a fun music sequence game
- Projects
Facts
- Software
- Java - Java Swing was used for all the front end interactions with the NIA machine.
- JFugue - The Java API for music programming that was leveraged for playing the music in the MIDI format.
- Hardware
- Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) - An innovative product from OCZ's that uses the muscle, eye and brain wave signals to allow the users to interact with software hands-free.
SVN Repository
Team Members
- Fast Track Fundraising
- Harold Tan
- USC
- Nimish Bhonsale
- Ryan Brown
- Charlene Jeune
- Nupul Kukreja
- Sandhya Rajagopalan
- Raed Shomali
