Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Ideas for Capstone

For my project, I would like to create a website that is entirely controlled by eye movement. Wherever the user moves their eyes that is where the mouse would move and you would blink to click. I would also like to have the color scheme be controlled by the users heart rate. Knowing that color affects mood and mood affects heart rate, I would like to utilize that to ultimately keep the user in a positive, happy mood, but not have them feel too energetic or restless. This is a lot. SO for my other two Capstone ideas, I've broken it down:

Idea 2: A website controlled by eye movement/blinking.

Idea 3: A website who's color scheme is controlled by heart rate.

Ultimately, I would like to do both, but if I can't one will do.
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26 comments:

  1. Lloyd RobersonAugust 30, 2011 at 5:01 PM

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  2. AnonymousAugust 31, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    Alyse McMiller

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  3. Lloyd RobersonAugust 31, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    Lloyd Roberson

    Personally, I think the third idea MIGHT be more doable than the eye-controlled website. However, I don't think the ideas are that feasible, because there's no way that Flash or HTML can process eye movement or heart rate to change the visuals of the website.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 31, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    Sharayah Sanders

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  5. UnknownAugust 31, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    Ashleigh Finley

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  6. magic jasonAugust 31, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    Jason Utt

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    Heather Ousley

    I think the website controlled by heart rate would be easier to do than eye-controlled.
    If you got a heart rate monitor with a chest strap and did some coding with variables if the heart rate is as a certain number.
    No idea how you could get a computer to read the HRM though.

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  8. Greg S.September 1, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    I think any project that can incorporate biofeedback from the user has great potential. Maybe an exercise or game that actually teaches the user a skill they can use and improve with the game.

    http://lencannon.hubpages.com/hub/Star-Wars-The-Force-Trainer-How-does-it-work

    There are a few Capstone ideas from other students that might fit nicely with your idea.

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  9. Andrew CoomerSeptember 2, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    Andrew Coomer

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    I definitely think a website's color scheme would be a great idea. It would have to have some heart rate raising/lowering content. Maybe a real-time graph of tuition costs, or related career openings. I kid, I kid. But that would be interesting to see play out.

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  11. wwallaceSeptember 3, 2011 at 4:03 AM

    Your ideas seem really creative. The only thing is the blinking part, people would be clicking things on accident all the time. The thing about the website changing based on you the heart rate would be cool especially if you were playing a game because it could tell how into it you are.

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  12. Patty SollmanSeptember 3, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    This is an awesome idea! Very original and very cool. I also see an issue with the blinking though, but if you made it a double-blink to click it would probably fix the issue. Controlling the site with heart rate would also be an interesting spin, especially if it changed the colors and schemes.

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  13. Sarah BalbachSeptember 4, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    Sarah Balbach

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  14. Beth TankSeptember 4, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    Beth Tankersley

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  15. COOSTOSeptember 4, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    jocque carey

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  16. Jessica CoteSeptember 5, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    Jessica Cote
    I think your ideas have incredible potential and would absolutely give you great recognition in the industry. Have you begun research on these topics? I don't know very much about software programming but it seems like the scope of these projects are larger than one semester. If you can do this I think you definitely should! They would be incredible Capstones.

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  17. Derekh1029September 5, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    Derek Harlow

    Cool ideas I would love to try something like this out. I would hope this would be something very intuitive and easy to work with.

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  18. Brian GrahamSeptember 5, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    Brian Graham

    I think the combined-concept idea is wonderful. A website that interacts with you as opposed to you interacting with it is very interesting. Lloyd is right about technical challenges, but you could certainly find or make a way for a browser to interact with a program on the same computer that would do the eye/heartrate tracking.

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  19. Brandon_9589September 5, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    Brandon Rash

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  20. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    jody brown

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  21. GarinSeptember 5, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    Garin Grist

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  22. Benjamin SnowSeptember 5, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    Hi Amy, I like your ideas. Here are some projects that you may find useful: http://www.openframeworks.cc and http://www.arduino.cc . I thought it would be cool if your sensors manipulated an interactive object instead of a website -- something as simple as a light even.

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  23. The Spice of LifeSeptember 5, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    Thank you all for your awesome comments and suggestions! Please keep them coming!

    @Benjamin -- I've been searching for something just like arduino --Muchas Gracias my friend!!

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  24. Thomas TravisSeptember 5, 2011 at 10:16 PM

    Thomas Travis

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  25. TomBobSeptember 6, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    This is touchscreen revolution taken to steven hawking's level. Cool. I would be up for the beta.

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  26. Jake HamiltonSeptember 6, 2011 at 10:43 AM

    Definitely some good ideas.

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