Back To Basics
I’m working on doing a clean literature review that will serve as a base for my second year project. I wrote a paper called “Where The Body Ends” last fall trying to pull together an argument that in...
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Just a quick update that I’ve re-read the big three papers I cited in my literature review and updated the review. I’ve also started building a database of papers for my 2nd year project in a...
View ArticleTrain Reading
I’ve been slowly working through my readings for my 2nd year project literature review, which is growing bit by bit. I’ve found a few more interesting experiments, like Yamamoto and Kitazawa, 2001,...
View ArticleProposition
I just finished a very short, very drafty draft of my second year project proposal. I wanted to put it together before asking Rafael, Ed, and Jim to be my committee members. It’s rough, but I’m pretty...
View ArticleMaking plans
I sent my 2nd year project proposal off to my potential committee for review, and got some good feedback back from Ed. One of the things he asked is that I describe a better research plan, stating...
View ArticleThe best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men…
(title courtesy of Robert Burns, and thanks Niamh for setting me straight on the proper wording of the phrase way back when…) Here’s a first crack at a new research plan for my 2nd year project...
View ArticleNew Intro
I’ve been working a little more on my 2nd year project proposal while I’m traveling. Ed gave me some really good feedback about my introduction that I started to try to incorporate. It’s still so raw,...
View ArticleWhat the heck is the “Interation” in “Human-Computer Interaction”?
This is my current best stab at it: It’s making new bodies out of computer parts. We engage the world by seeking out useful sensori-motor loops. Our bodies are critical parts of these sensori-motor...
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Introducing 3stream, a video analysis tool
I gave a presentation about my progress on my second year project in our lab meeting today. Mostly what I’ve achieved since last quarter is building the application you see pictured above. The data...
View ArticlePunch
I had a meeting with my advisor Jim today, and he asked what the punchline for my second year project is going to be. Here’s my best guess: There’s a rich tradition developing of studying the role...
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