BUILDING A BLINK BASED INPUT gadget

fans of the AMC show Breaking Bad will keep in mind the original Gangsta [Hector Salamanca]. When very first introduced to the story he communicates by ringing a bell. however after being transferred to a nursing house he communicates by spelling out messages with the support of a nurse who holds up a card with columns as well as rows of letters. This hack automates that task, trading the human assistant for a blink-based input system.

[Bob Stone] phone calls the job BlinkTalk. The individual uses a Neurosky Mindwave Mobile headset. This steps brainwaves utilizing EEG. He links the headset to an mBed microcontroller utilizing a BlueSMiRF Bluetooth board. The microcontroller processes the EEG data to establish when the individual blinks their eyes.

The LCD screen very first scrolls down each row of the displayed letters as well as numbers. When the suitable row is highlighted a blink will begin scrolling with the columns up until a second blink selects the suitable character. when the message has been spelled out the “SAY!” menu product triggers the Emic2 module to turn the text into speech.

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