yochannah
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6 years ago This sounds really fascinating!
Open mozfest-bot opened 6 years ago
yochannah
commented
6 years ago This sounds really fascinating!
jontutcher
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6 years ago Hey @bhoom10 - thanks for the proposal. It'd be good to know a few things:
Looks great though! Cheers, Jon
bhoom10
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6 years ago Hey @jontutcher, The session will be mostly led by me in a lecture-style session that will delve deep into changing the perspective of the audience about disability and then understanding the basics of brain computer interface(BCI). I will be demonstrating the media player as an example of how BCI can help the severely impaired. The participants will be playing an active role in the activities. The session is aimed at anyone who wishes to learn about disability and BCI and not at developers in specific. There will not be any live coding or hands-on so the participants are not expected to have laptops. A rough breakdown of the session is as follows:
Cheers, Bhoomika
bhoom10
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6 years ago I'd like to add a secondary facilitator-Abhiram Ravikumar. Thanks in advance!
Cheers, Bhoomika
jontutcher
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6 years ago Hi @bhoom10. I can confirm that we've added @abhi12ravi as a co-facilitator to this session and are expecting him to attend Mozfest.
I'm not sure at the moment whether we can update the Github Issue description, as it's driven from a different process. If we can, we will!
[ UUID ] 0d1aca41-f7a2-4b31-8898-9b1301a3df00
[ Session Name ] Media Player for the severely impaired using brain-computer interface (BCI) and open data [ Primary Space ] Digital Inclusion [ Secondary Space ] Openness
[ Submitter's Name ] Bhoomika Agarwal [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] SAP Labs [ Submitter's GitHub ] @bhoom10
[ Other Facilitator 1's Name ] Abhiram Ravikumar [ Other Facilitator 1's GitHub ] @abhi12ravi
What will happen in your session?
Our session will give the audience an overview of brain-computer interface. The participants will have access to the open-sourced media player built by us, which caters to severely impaired people.
We hope to educate participants about the obstacles faced by those with severe disability who require BCI to carry on with their lives. It'll be done through a series of activities and games that will create awareness. Following this, we will explain our research in the field, which is based on using motor imagery of the left hand and right hand to operate a media player using a binary-like combination. Participants can use, test and understand our prototype and hopefully enrich the lives of the impaired by contributing to it.
What is the goal or outcome of your session?
The main outcome of our activities is to create awareness about challenges faced by people with disabilities and explore solutions that are currently in development. Our tool, built using openly available data (https://github.com/bhoom10/bci-media-player) is up for testing. We hope that increased awareness will encourage participants to come forward and join our efforts to empower people with severe disability. Participants of the session will be able to interact with the application while developers shall understand how the app is built.
We wish to make the development of the media player a crowd-sourced effort. Also, we wish to encourage people with disabilities to adopt the MP3 player and make the most of it to empower themselves.
If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.
5-10 handkerchiefs for the blindfolded walk activity Speakers for the dance activity, we will get the right music. :)
Time needed
60 mins