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T.E.A.M.

Technology for Efficient Agile Microsystem.

Beckii Adel, Carmen Kwan, Stephanie Souedi, & Samuel Tissot-Jobin

project description

Since the early 1960’s technology advancements have doubled every 2 years, creating an exponential growth. This has in turn created a need for an equal growth in knowledge and communication. Around the year 2050, it was realized that linguistics was no longer a capable medium to transmit information. Communication had become so complex that it was merely impossible to correctly translate one’s thoughts into words and the vocabulary that was needed to express ideas had become so complex that it was almost impossible to master*. In reaction to the linguistic crisis, the Cerebral Linguistic Link (CLL) was created. The CLL is an apparatus that connects two or more minds together, enabling the users to transfer thoughts, ideas and emotions on an unprecedented speed, level and accuracy. In 2100, most of all humans have been fjtted with some kind of CLL.

*In December 2010 a joint Harvard/Google study found the language to contain 1,022,000 words and to expand at the rate of 8,500 words per year. The fjndings came from a computer analysis of 5,195,769 digitised books. Others have estimated a rate of growth of 25,000 words each year. (Kister, Ken (1992-06-15). “Dictionaries defjned”. Library Journal117 (11): 43, 4p, 2bw.)

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1-2.Very complex circuits could be build implanted

• n the human skin
• 3. First human brain-to-brain mind meld achieved

4-5. The skin could act as a screen device

• 6. Non-invasive brain-machine interface that

could control a chair

• 7. Dissolvable devices that could be implanted

in the skin

• 8. Two rats communicate brain to brain
• 9. Makeup that can control electronic devices
• 10. The skin becomes a medium of interaction.

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Nokia Electronic Tattoo Nokia has patented a tattoo that transmits a perceivable impulse through a person’s skin when he or she gets a phone call, text message or email alert. http:/ /www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2012/03/21/nokias- buzzy-new-patent-a-tattoo-that-vibrates-when-your-phone- rings/ Electronic Paint This innovative material allows users to interact with electronics through gesture, movement, and touch. Bare can be applied with a brush, stamp or spray and is non-toxic and temporary. Application areas include dance, music, computer interfaces, communication and medical devices. Bare is an intuitive and non-invasive technology which will allow users to bridge the gap between electronics and the body. http:/ /shewalkssoftly.com/2009/04/24/bare-skin-conductive-ink/ http:/ /www.bareconductive.com/ Tattoos The use of tattoos to create circuits on the human body. Tattoos don’t need to to be visible (invisible ink much like black light tattoos) or they could be visible and be fashionable. http:/ /mashable.com/2012/01/31/circuit-tattoo/ Digital Tattoo Interface “It’s a blood-powered electronic interface which is embedded under skin to mimic a tattoo, display videos, or act as a phone or computer.” http:/ /www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/11/digital-tattoo-interface- turns-your-skin-into-a-display/ How it could work: Using blood-powered electronic interface Using the glucose in the blood to power the electronic circuit. Really interesting and and the realm of possibilities. “We describe the fjrst implanted glucose biofuel cell (GBFC) that is capable of generating suffjcient power from a mammal’s body fmuids to act as the sole power source for electronic devices. This GBFC is based on carbon nanotube/enzyme electrodes, which utilize glucose

• xidase for glucose oxidation and laccase for dioxygen reduction.

The GBFC, implanted in the abdominal cavity of a rat, produces an average open-circuit voltage of 0.57 V. This implanted GBFC delivered a power output of 38.7 W, which corresponded to a power density of 193.5 W cm−2 and a volumetric power of 161 W mL−1. We demonstrate that one single implanted enzymatic GBFC can power a light-emitting diode (LED), or a digital thermometer. In addition, no signs of rejection or infmammation were observed after 110 days implantation in the rat.” http:/ /www.nature.com/srep/2013/130322/srep01516/full/srep01516. html

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NeuroSky - Brain Wave Sensors for Every Body NeuroSky is a company that specialize in creating Brain computer interfaces http:/ /www.neurosky.com/aboutus/brainwavetechnology.aspx video: http:/ /www.neurosky.com/Products/MindWaveMobile.aspx Emotiv, the brain computer interface technology http:/ /www.ubergizmo.com/2007/03/emotiv-the-brain-comput- er-interface-technology/ Assistive technology and robotic control using motor cortex ensem- ble-based neural interface systems in humans with tetraplegia This article is very detailed and scholarly about the advance- ments on how we can develop neural activity signals into useful

• commands. The article is geared towards peoples sufgering from

paralysis but still holds a ton of information for our project. http:/ /onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/jphysiol.2006.127209/full Technology Insight: future neuroprosthetic therapies for disorders of the nervous system This article is somewhat similar to the one above but deals more about how to restor difgerent synapse connectivity. Helping the deaf to hear, the blind to see, and the paralyzed to walk. http:/ /www.nature.com/nrneurol/journal/v3/n8/full/ncpneu- ro0556.html Telepathy One aims to compete with Google Glass Something more in the lines of google glasses made to share what you see with friends. http:/ /reviews.cnet.com/wearable-tech/telepathy-

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Mind-Reading Cars “By measuring brain activity, monitoring patterns of eye move- ment and scanning the environment around the car, the team thinks the car will be able to predict what a driver is planning to do and help him or her complete the manoeuvre safely.” http:/ /www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/sep/28/nissan-car- reads-drivers-mind In the article they talk about the “Brain-machine interface” “Scientists at the EPFL have already developed brain-machine interface (BMI) systems that allow wheelchair users to manoeuvre their chairs by thought transference.” http:/ /cnbi.epfm.ch/

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Three Factors in Language Design - Noam Chomsky This a a great read about the formation of language http:/ /www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/ pdf/10.1162/0024389052993655 Inborn Universal Grammar Theory - Noam Chomsky Theory about how each human is born with a grammatical structure that is defjned. This has implication for us because it people communicate with the mind, probably that that structure would also apply to the thought process. https:/ /www.boundless.com/psychology/language/theories-of- language-development/examining-chomsky-s-inborn-universal- grammar-theory/

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