(editing now)
basic idea: alertness adviser. Idea from Csikszentmihalyi's beeper method, though it's a subjective one, and scuba diver's Dive tables.
1. receive an SMS occasionally 2. send a level of alertness to server
3. get info. Receiving SMS could be, 'how alert you are 1..5' or '31 +
15 - 23' for checking accuracy and agility (but, SMS has a delay
problem). The info of step 3 could be a 'you need a meditation now',
etc. And, convergent with heardbeat sensor. This system could be
improved by applying EEG and fMRI// related page: Alertness Matters, Alertness Solutions, NYT
(decompression table from wikipedia)
(alertness diary. modifed from sleep diary)
(alertness metrics technology ...? )
convergent logging design: While reading Cognition, Brain, and Consciousness Chapter 3 and 4, convergent logging such as EEG and MEG is important. The above basic idea is a subjective biofeedback rather than an objective. So I decided breathing as an objective one. We all breathe unconsciously, but we can also breathe consciously different from heart beat which is always unconscious.
Breath Part (objective):
Nose -> Microphone -> Arduino -> Bluesmirf(bluetooh) -> N80 (Logger Midlet) -> Wirelss LAN -> HTTP -> PHP, Web Server
- Transmitting using bluetooth with a microcontroller.
- Collecting data on a cellphone using the Logger Midlet
- log data:
1190682426896,881
1190682425895,881
1190682428920,1023
1190682427918,474
1190682421245,881
1190682420216,881
1190682424881,881
1190682423817,881
1190682439219,881
1190682438218,881
1190682441269,881
1190682440246,881
1190682433044,1023
1190682432020,1023
Alertness Part (subjective):
SMS from Google Calender -> Cell Phone -> (answer) -> SMS to an Gmail account -> Perl Popper program -> Web server
(google Calender)
(google Calender: SMS Reminder)
- receive SMS and ping back using Gmail, SMS, and Web server
To do:
- use a better sensor
- accumulate the SMS data to a log file
- send SMS randomely (not 1pm, 3pm, 5pm..)
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