Wearable Architecture: Aural Output & Wearable From Design

AURAL OUTPUT

AlterEgo system opens up a unique opportunity to achieve personalized two-way human-computer interaction takes place in a hidden and seamless way, where the elements of the interactions are in natural language. This potentially promotes complementary synergies between human users and machines, some of which can be outsourced to computers, while computing is still "intrinsic" for human users.

Once the internal utterance phrase is recognized, the computer translates the context based on the relevant application accessed by the user. Then the output computed by the application is then converted using a "text to speech" and transmitted to the user by hearing. Alterego uses bone conduction headphones as the aural output, so as to not interferes the user's sense of hearing.

WEARABLE FORM DESIGN

Mainly consider keeping the position of the electrodes in order to make the wearable system durable and can be used in regular settings.

1: The electrode does not move to maintain the signal consistency.

2: The electrode maintains the position between multiple target areas and the number of sessions the user wears and does not wear the device.

3: Although the electrodes must not move to stray force, the device purposed to adjust the position to different users' locations can be accessed from one device worn by multiple users.

To reach the goal, the device is designed as a wearable device and can be worn on the back of the head, the extension falls to the face. The signal from the target area is recorded and the band is 3D printed using photopolymer resin with a brass rod supporting it structurally, so as to maximize skin-electrode friction and minimize relative movement. The extensions are brass supports that provide rigidity to support electrodes while also being amenable to deliberate adjustment.

In addition, the extension is designed to be connected to electrodes in a modular frame that could be pulled out for further experimentation.