T.E.A.M. Technology for Efficient Agile Microsystem. Beckii Adel, Carmen Kwan, Stephanie Souedi, & Samuel Tissot-Jobin
project description Since the early 1960’s technology advancements have doubled every 2 years, creating an exponential growth. This has in turn created a need for an equal growth in knowledge and communication. Around the year 2050, it was realized that linguistics was no longer a capable medium to transmit information. Communication had become so complex that it was merely impossible to correctly translate one’s thoughts into words and the vocabulary that was needed to express ideas had become so complex that it was almost impossible to master*. In reaction to the linguistic crisis, the Cerebral Linguistic Link (CLL) was created. The CLL is an apparatus that connects two or more minds together, enabling the users to transfer thoughts, ideas and emotions on an unprecedented speed, level and accuracy. In 2100, most of all humans have been fjtted with some kind of CLL. *In December 2010 a joint Harvard/Google study found the language to contain 1,022,000 words and to expand at the rate of 8,500 words per year. The fjndings came from a computer analysis of 5,195,769 digitised books. Others have estimated a rate of growth of 25,000 words each year. (Kister, Ken (1992-06-15). “Dictionaries defjned”. Library Journal117 (11): 43, 4p, 2bw.)
1 4 5 9 2 6 7 8 10 3 1-2.Very complex circuits could be build implanted 6. Non-invasive brain-machine interface that 8. Two rats communicate brain to brain on the human skin could control a chair 9. Makeup that can control electronic devices 3. First human brain-to-brain mind meld achieved 7. Dissolvable devices that could be implanted 10. The skin becomes a medium of interaction. 4-5. The skin could act as a screen device in the skin
research HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES + Nokia Electronic Tattoo + How it could work: Using blood-powered electronic interface Using the glucose in the blood to power the electronic circuit. Nokia has patented a tattoo that transmits a perceivable impulse Really interesting and and the realm of possibilities. through a person’s skin when he or she gets a phone call, text message or email alert. “We describe the fjrst implanted glucose biofuel cell (GBFC) that is http:/ /www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2012/03/21/nokias- capable of generating suffjcient power from a mammal’s body fmuids buzzy-new-patent-a-tattoo-that-vibrates-when-your-phone- to act as the sole power source for electronic devices. This GBFC is rings/ based on carbon nanotube/enzyme electrodes, which utilize glucose oxidase for glucose oxidation and laccase for dioxygen reduction. + Electronic Paint The GBFC, implanted in the abdominal cavity of a rat, produces This innovative material allows users to interact with electronics an average open-circuit voltage of 0.57 V. This implanted GBFC through gesture, movement, and touch. Bare can be applied delivered a power output of 38.7 W, which corresponded to a power with a brush, stamp or spray and is non-toxic and temporary. density of 193.5 W cm−2 and a volumetric power of 161 �W mL−1. We Application areas include dance, music, computer interfaces, demonstrate that one single implanted enzymatic GBFC can power communication and medical devices. Bare is an intuitive and a light-emitting diode (LED), or a digital thermometer. In addition, non-invasive technology which will allow users to bridge the gap no signs of rejection or infmammation were observed after 110 days between electronics and the body. implantation in the rat.” http:/ /shewalkssoftly.com/2009/04/24/bare-skin-conductive-ink/ http:/ /www.nature.com/srep/2013/130322/srep01516/full/srep01516. http:/ /www.bareconductive.com/ html + Tattoos The use of tattoos to create circuits on the human body. Tattoos don’t need to to be visible (invisible ink much like black light tattoos) or they could be visible and be fashionable. http:/ /mashable.com/2012/01/31/circuit-tattoo/ + Digital Tattoo Interface “It’s a blood-powered electronic interface which is embedded under skin to mimic a tattoo, display videos, or act as a phone or computer.” http:/ /www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/11/digital-tattoo-interface- turns-your-skin-into-a-display/
research BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE + NeuroSky - Brain Wave Sensors for Every Body + Mind-Reading Cars NeuroSky is a company that specialize in creating Brain computer “By measuring brain activity, monitoring patterns of eye move- interfaces ment and scanning the environment around the car, the team thinks the car will be able to predict what a driver is planning to http:/ /www.neurosky.com/aboutus/brainwavetechnology.aspx do and help him or her complete the manoeuvre safely.” video: http:/ /www.neurosky.com/Products/MindWaveMobile.aspx http:/ /www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/sep/28/nissan-car- + Emotiv, the brain computer interface technology reads-drivers-mind http:/ /www.ubergizmo.com/2007/03/emotiv-the-brain-comput- In the article they talk about the “Brain-machine interface” er-interface-technology/ “Scientists at the EPFL have already developed brain-machine interface (BMI) systems that allow wheelchair users to manoeuvre + Assistive technology and robotic control using motor cortex ensem- their chairs by thought transference.” ble-based neural interface systems in humans with tetraplegia http:/ /cnbi.epfm.ch/ This article is very detailed and scholarly about the advance- ments on how we can develop neural activity signals into useful commands. The article is geared towards peoples sufgering from paralysis but still holds a ton of information for our project. http:/ /onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/jphysiol.2006.127209/full + Technology Insight: future neuroprosthetic therapies for disorders of the nervous system This article is somewhat similar to the one above but deals more about how to restor difgerent synapse connectivity. Helping the deaf to hear, the blind to see, and the paralyzed to walk. http:/ /www.nature.com/nrneurol/journal/v3/n8/full/ncpneu- ro0556.html + Telepathy One aims to compete with Google Glass Something more in the lines of google glasses made to share what you see with friends. http:/ /reviews.cnet.com/wearable-tech/telepathy- one/4505-34900_7-35734227.html
research LANGUAGES + Three Factors in Language Design - Noam Chomsky This a a great read about the formation of language http:/ /www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/ pdf/10.1162/0024389052993655 + Inborn Universal Grammar Theory - Noam Chomsky Theory about how each human is born with a grammatical structure that is defjned. This has implication for us because it people communicate with the mind, probably that that structure would also apply to the thought process. https:/ /www.boundless.com/psychology/language/theories-of- language-development/examining-chomsky-s-inborn-universal- grammar-theory/
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