Digital Synesthesia -- Spring 2014
Summary: This was my first research project, under Santiago Alfaro in the MIT Media Lab’s Object-Based Media Group. The goal was to learn if it was possible to augment human senses by creating devices such as the distance-sensing glove (bottom left) and temperature-sensing headband (middle left, bottom right) which gave vibrotactile feedback proportional to the information sensed. I was in charge of building the headband, which required an Android app, designing PCBs in Eagle and fabricating them, and integrating temperature sensors within the headband. I also assisted with user testing of the glove. This project solidified my decision to jointly major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and inspired me to keep taking whatever classes were available to undergraduates at the Media Lab. What I Learned: programming for Android, designing and fabricating printed circuit boards, using various sensors in wearable devices. Documentation: headband, glove
