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Basic foilset NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces

Given by Ed Lipson at Visit by CEWES Team on Mar 25 1997. Foils prepared Mar 26 97
Outside Index Summary of Material

http://www.pulsar.org
open framework
  • Web based
  • participants, partners, and patrons
  • related telemedicine projects
rapid prototyping & systems approach
inexpensive modular hardware, transducers, and interfaces
free interface software (DOS; Windows; Java; new: C++ plug-in API)
access to resources and support groups

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1 Expressional Interfaces for the Disabled -- The Pulsar/NeatTools Project
2 Pulsar Project
3 Current Focus
4 PPT Slide
5 Serial Interface Modules
6 Photocell Sensors & Support
7 Simple Forehead Channel (rotary potentiometer)
8 Interface Modules
9 Interface Software
10 Control Modes
11 Pac Man Session
12 Goals

Outside Index Summary of Material

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Foil 1 Expressional Interfaces for the Disabled -- The Pulsar/NeatTools Project

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Edward Lipson1,2 and David Warner2,3 1Department of Physics and 2Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University; and 3Institute for Interventional Informatics, San Diego
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Foil 2 Pulsar Project

From NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces Visit by CEWES Team -- Mar 25 1997. *
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http://www.pulsar.org
open framework
  • Web based
  • participants, partners, and patrons
  • related telemedicine projects
rapid prototyping & systems approach
inexpensive modular hardware, transducers, and interfaces
free interface software (DOS; Windows; Java; new: C++ plug-in API)
access to resources and support groups
HTML version of Basic Foils prepared Mar 26 97

Foil 3 Current Focus

From NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces Visit by CEWES Team -- Mar 25 1997. *
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15 year old quadriplegic, Eyal Sherman
  • brain stem stroke at age 4
  • unable to speak or move his head
  • enrolled at a Nottingham High School
  • academic credit for this project
  • will attend university
facial expressions for control and communication
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Foil 4 PPT Slide

From NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces Visit by CEWES Team -- Mar 25 1997. *
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Eyal Sherman's Home Page
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Foil 5 Serial Interface Modules

From NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces Visit by CEWES Team -- Mar 25 1997. *
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TNG-1
  • self-adhesive electrodes
  • myoelectric signal processing (analog & digital filters)
TNG-2
  • various transducers (5 V power from port)
    • CdS photocells
    • potentiometers (rotary and linear)
    • Hall Effect transducers
    • pressure sensors
    • strain gauges
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Foil 6 Photocell Sensors & Support

From NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces Visit by CEWES Team -- Mar 25 1997. *
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HTML version of Basic Foils prepared Mar 26 97

Foil 7 Simple Forehead Channel (rotary potentiometer)

From NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces Visit by CEWES Team -- Mar 25 1997. *
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HTML version of Basic Foils prepared Mar 26 97

Foil 8 Interface Modules

From NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces Visit by CEWES Team -- Mar 25 1997. *
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TNG-1 (myoelectric)
TNG-2 (universal)
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Foil 9 Interface Software

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Neat-DOS
Really Neat (Win95)
NeatTools (Java)
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Foil 10 Control Modes

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parallel-port output
  • remote-controlled cars
  • game interfaces (Sega: Ms. Pacman)
  • wheelchair control
  • science experiments
computer control
  • Web surfing
  • typing (e-mail; homework; programming)
  • music and art
  • entertainment (Java: Pacman & Tetris)
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Foil 11 Pac Man Session

From NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces Visit by CEWES Team -- Mar 25 1997. *
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HTML version of Basic Foils prepared Mar 26 97

Foil 12 Goals

From NeatTools and Pulsar -- Expressional Interfaces Visit by CEWES Team -- Mar 25 1997. *
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Create a system that enables a disabled person to
  • practice/compose/perform art and music
  • navigate the Web & create original materials
  • communicate & collaborate
  • control telerobots, wheelchair, environment
  • experience telepresence
  • play highly active role in own education
  • ultimately do productive, remunerative work
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