Originally I set myself the task of finding ways to augment the quality of interpersonal communications through technological means. One idea I had was that it is empathy and your ability to get others to empathize with you that creates powerful and effective communication. Some of the methods I had propsoed in class to acheive this goal involved possibly projecting images and colors onto or behind a user that would be reactive to the users communications, or to possibly have appropriate tones and sounds play through a user triggering a device with the fingers. Ultimately I settled on a project that would focus solely on negative emotional states such as discomfort or anger.
The goal is to create a device that will measure users negative emotional states and project these feelings into others in the immediate vicinity. Effectively the enhanced individuals emotional state influences that of the groups. Here is a pic of the device and circuit in progress:
To do this I have hacked a biofeedback sensor to read skin galvinity and heart rate, both being indicators of distress. I utilized a Darlington pair for the transistors to amplify the signal. I have hooked the device to an arduino microcontoller that will then trigger an ultrasonic emitter that I have but need to assemble still. (It has been shown that when ultrasonic beams are projected at people that they experience sensations of discomfort. )
Once i get the sensors and the ultrasonic emitter working properly I will than build the device into a sculptural wearable that I have drawings of but not machetes yet. So my next steps in order are to 1) get ultrasonic opertational 2) build machetes 3) embed device into a wearable sculpture.
4 comments:
Just thought you should know that great excitement and happiness would cause an increase in heart rate, breathing, and perspiration as well. How would you truly be able to distinguish these emotions, if they produce similar physiological results?
Also, everyone's body deals with emotions physiologically different. How are you planning on accounting for these differences?
From a communications standpoint both are the opposite extremes, which are noticeable in body language (facial expressions), how we say something/delivery (tone of voice), and content of the message (what we say).
These are some things to think about. If you have any questions related to interpersonal communication just let me know.
Thank you for your comment Jen, you are correct it is not a perfect method. I had three methods for measuring mood. I would also like to eventually employ facial recognition technology along with biometric data to analyze emotional state. But just for the scope of this project I will be focusing on what data I can generate from these sensors.
Thank you for your comment Jen, you are correct it is not a perfect method. I had three methods for measuring mood. I would also like to eventually employ facial recognition technology along with biometric data to analyze emotional state. But just for the scope of this project I will be focusing on what data I can generate from these sensors.
What will the interface look like?
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