Transparent: brain computer interface and social architecture

Authors:
Arlene Ducao;Tiffany Tseng;Anette von Kapri
Affiliations:
MIT media cab, Cambridge, MA;MIT media cab, Cambridge, MA;MIT media cab, Cambridge, MA
Venue:
ACM SIGGRAPH 2012 Posters
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Transparent is an office window that varies its opacity in order to help a user maintain focus at work. By changing opacity, the window blocks distractions in the user's environment while subtly signaling the person's availability to others. The user's focus is determined via a neuroheadset that passively measures her brain activity through electroencephalography (EEG); the focus of the user is then algorithmically determined and wirelessly communicated to a smart glass module that changes transparency accordingly. Transparent explores opportunities to merge brain computer interfaces (BCI) with smart architecture to improve productivity at work.