Project Proposal

Image from a website: MIT Media Lab

“AlterEgo is a wearable silent speech interface that enables a discreet, seamless and bi-directional communication with a computing device in natural language without discernible movements or voice input.”

I will research on AlterEgo to find out how it to cognitively augment humans, change the way people communicate with one another, and enable a discreet gateway to digital information where the interaction is intrinsic rather than something extrinsic.

• A novel wearable architecture for a bidirectional silent speech device.

• How the neuromuscular input works.

• The utility of the device as a personal computing platform and interface.

Weekly Schedule

The video below has more information on the AlterEgo, as well as a demonstration of the hardware in action. It includes a demo of the hardware being used by an individual with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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Reference:

A.Kapur,S.Kapur, and P.Maes, "AlterEgo: A Personalized Wearable Silent Speech Interface." 23rd International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces(IUI 2018), pp 43-53, March 5,2018.