{"id":412,"date":"2014-11-03T00:50:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T00:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/?p=412"},"modified":"2014-11-03T17:32:15","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T17:32:15","slug":"112-typesafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/2014\/11\/03\/112-typesafe\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/2 TypeSafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TypeSafe: Hand-worn Device for Promoting Healthy Typing Habits<\/p>\n<p>Tomislav Pejsa<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/files\/2014\/11\/Wristband-mockup2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-413\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/files\/2014\/11\/Wristband-mockup2-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"Wristband-mockup2\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/files\/2014\/11\/Wristband-mockup2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/files\/2014\/11\/Wristband-mockup2-1024x621.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The goal of my project is to build a hand-worn device that promotes healthier postures and habits during keyboard typing.\u00a0The device will track the wearer&#8217;s\u00a0typing activity and hand posture; it will provide auditory and haptic warnings about\u00a0stressful postures; and it will alert them to take period breaks. The device will also record data about daily keyboard usage\u00a0for later download and analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Device will include the following parts: wristband\u00a0housing the\u00a0microcontroller, buzzer and\/or vibe, and battery; ring with an IMU. May also include a MicroSD card reader and an electromagnetic sensor for better typing detection. The total price of all parts will be $80+.<\/p>\n<p>Project plan:<\/p>\n<p>1. Build a prototype that can capture hand tracking data<\/p>\n<p>2. Perform analysis of the captured data [milestone: mid-Nov.]<\/p>\n<p>3. Develop heuristic activity and posture classifiers<\/p>\n<p>4. Iteratively build prototypes and improve\/fix sensing and classification [milestone: end of Nov. for first iteration]<\/p>\n<p>5. Implement recording and download of usage statistics<\/p>\n<p>6. Build final prototype<\/p>\n<p>Fallback: Simplify and shed features. Usage recording gets the axe first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TypeSafe: Hand-worn Device for Promoting Healthy Typing Habits Tomislav Pejsa The goal of my project is to build a hand-worn device that promotes healthier postures and habits during keyboard typing.\u00a0The device will track the wearer&#8217;s\u00a0typing activity and hand posture; it will provide auditory and haptic warnings about\u00a0stressful postures; and it will alert them to take &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/2014\/11\/03\/112-typesafe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">11\/2 TypeSafe<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/wearable14\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}