Work+Log+Book

This page is to catalog all the work people in our group have done. Please include the date when you put in a section. The colour our names are written in correspond to what colour our work log entries will be. Claire Watson, Andy Liu , Nan Huang , Conrad Chow , Nura Mazloom , Reilly Ische , Isabel MacKay-Clackett , if you see something in black it means we all did it.

June 5-7ish Met as a team to prepare for the presentation and iron out details. ~1.5 hrs

June 8th Edited, proofed and completed the report, it's not posted on the wiki under the page "Report". 2 hours

June 7th Worked more on website...all the videos are on there as well as the picture formatting. It should by on the internet in a half-hour if everything goes well. 2h.

June 6th Finished a rough draft of the report and annotated bibliography. 5 hours **

June 6th ** Worked on the "Conrad Tutorial Video" and what I'm saying for the presentation. (~2 hours)

June 6th More work on the Website...the basis for all pages is completed, and there are small blurbs. Waiting to put in videos and information from report. Also, including and finding websites that are useful for information for people to look into when if they are interested...looking at idea cards and what happens with them. 5 h tot.

June 5th worked on presentation and sending info to the appropriate people. 1.5 hours

May 20-June 4th (sometime in there!!) worked on the 3D mock up according to our newest changes 1 hours

June 4th Coordinated information between the report and the website. 20 minutes

June 4th - put together magnetic borad, displaying the way to organize screen for the face. 1 hr

June 3rd Worked on the Website..creating the catagories of what we are going to include and basic formatting - 2h

All went over and discussed outline for presentation tomorrow. Went over roles and things to get done. Decided to have a final run through on Monday. - During innovation period
 * June 3rd**

**May 20th** Typed up the outline and posted it on the "Report and Presentation" page //(20 mins)//

We met with Aylin and Elgin, we asked them what they would like to hear us present and we showed them what we had presented at the practice presentation. They gave us (as usual) a lot of good, constructive, feedback so we figured out a presentation outline based on their feedback And we added new components to our presentation like a "tutorial" of it with Conrad "demoing" (which we also filmed that today). //2 hours// May 18th I reviewed my portion of the presentation and attempted to include improvement suggestions from our May 17th meeting. 30 mins
 * May 20th (everyone except Andy and Reilly)**

May 18th - went over anatomy research of the face for presentation tomorrow. Looked up a bit more about CN 5 and 7 as well brief info. on strokes. Practised 2 min part. and created another page for just anatomy for presentation. 1 hr

Worked on the video + what I'm saying for tomorrows presentation. //( 45 min )
 * May 18th **

Met at lunch today for ~45 mins to run through our presentation.
 * May 17th (everyone except Nan)**//

May 16th I made a summary of what I need to say for the presentation. 30 mins

**May 16th** Wrote a really brief and simple "goals and budget". // 20 mins //

May 16th worked on presentation 45 min

May 16 Completed the digital 3-D model of our interface. Talked with Nan and Conrad aout the presentation. Worked on the presentation for the 19th. Reviewed the website design. Got the magnetic board and magnets for our physical model. I also downloaded Nan's photos and searched through them and picked out the ones we are going to use for our display, I printed them off. (3 1/2 h.)

May 16 Prepared necessary information for presentation on Wednesday. Outlined the major sections of the report and what exactly to include. 1.5 hours May 16th - worked on final presentation 45 min

**May16th** -Looked at psychological impact of facial expressions. I Read "The psychology of Facial Expression". 45 min

Reshot video of people and re-edited the video with Andy. // (1.5 hours // // ) //**
 * May 13th

**May 13th** -discussed/organized research and what to incorporate in presentation and report with Claire and Isabel. -established what has been done /needs to be done. -organized presentation -help reilly a little to make 3D model -helped Nan and Andy a little to do/take videos etc. 2 Hours

**May 13th** -discussed / organized research and what to incorporate in presentation and report - organized presentation / determined roles, posted new page "Report and Presentation" - planning for report 2 hours - discussed research and what to incorporate / organized research - organized presentation / determined roles - posted new page on wiki "Report and Presentation" 2 hours
 * May 13th**

We met as a group and discussed our roles for the presentation what everyone's 2 minutes will be like. We also revised our project roles (i.e. report, model, research) based on what had already been done and the amount of time it would take to complete remaining things. .5 hours
 * May 13th**

**May 13th** Downloaded google sketchbook and worked on creating a model for the Presentation...it is more eco-friendly, and then we don't have waste materials. It aslo allows us to modify easily. (2 h)

**May 12th** I had to retake pictures of people's faces because the original pics were at various angles and a bit blurry. //(15 mins)// Put together a video with the video clips Claire's camera. The video was also shot at various angles + distances and there was way too much movement from the subject so I was very unsatisfied with the product. //(1.5 hours)//

During Homeroom, took videos and pictures of people's faces in order to present for our video. (1 h)
 * May 12th**

**May 12th** Worked with Claire to find more about relationship between anatomy and our expression. we brainstormed structure for our research and what was/wasn't important. Also worked on creating a list of questions we hope to have answered through our research. 45 min

**May 12th** Homeroom - went over research found a interactive expressive face on line, put link on wiki. 2hrs. - research of brain and emotions. Posted some videos. 1 hr. - neurons in the brain that are connected to facial expression, posted research and links.

Researched different website programming ideas and began with the set-up. Also read a scientific American article on facial expressions in mice and how they exhibit similiar properties to that of humans. [] It is very interesting, I think we should, maybe as a part of the website, have a page linking articles such as these for those interested in the science aspect, but it will include things that don't directly relate to "FaceTime". There is also this one: [] but this could be used as a base for something a little, larger, we might be able to expand. (1h) Read the research on the wiki and started planning the report. 1 hours
 * May 8th**
 * May 6th**

I did more research on anatomy, biology and emotions...found really cool stuff about 1.5 hours.
 * May 5th**

Meeting with teacher mentor (Margaret). We re-focused/clarified our specific tasks in a more result-oriented sense and went over important dates. Basically: Claire and Nura are continuing research, Nan has already done some and hers will be made available to others in the form of notes; Nan is continuing with tech work and research; Andy is working on tech for the purposes of a possible demonstration; Reilly will be creating a website for the display of the researched information; Conrad and Isabel will be creating the physical model for the presentation and writing the report summarizing the research and intended visitor interaction with the exhibit.
 * May 5th**

**May 4th** I looked at an article from the magazine "Nature" by Itzhak Fried about human brain cells and their memory to certain facial expressions and images. Very interesting although I don't think it will blend in much with the main concept. Perhaps we can incorporate some of the concept into the scientific report. 20 minutes

**May 2nd** Python //(1.5 hours).//

**April 28th** Researched emotions, posted fidings and links on "face research". 1Hr.

**April 25th** Started learning python // (2.5 hours). //

Added to "face research"; proportions of the face (another way other than Newton's) - about 20 mins reading articles and posting
 * April 24th

April 23rd** I checked out acouple wesites about the Golden Ratio and recorded some notes on the wiki under a new page "The Golden Ratio." Spent about 1 hour.

**April 21st** Started looking at different programming languages (maybe we could make a small demo program). I will probably focus on python since that is what Andy is relearning, //(45 mins)//

**April 16th** Did research in the Science Center (looking at the small exhibit in the stair well beside the bio exhibit) examined Leonardo DaVinci's sketches, looking at proportions, symmetry and geometry in the human face. about 30 minutes Contacted Valerie (librarian) to get some more materials on this topic, particularly the work of Leonardo Davinci. Looked online for more ressources and contacted some other individuals. about 45 minutes.

April 14th
 * I read the book "The Expressions of the Emotions of Man and Animals" by Charles Darwin. I don't actually remember which days I read it and when I finished it, but this book is part of the theory of the science behind our "facewall".** // (~ 1 week) //

April 14th We talked to the Aylin and a person, Chris??, from tech (I forget his name!!!) and showed where we had progressed to in terms of developing our idea. We showed them what kind of technology (glovePIE, the wiimote) we were hoping to utilize and a rough sketch of how we envision the actual exhibit to look like. The person from tech offered to introduce me (Nan) and Andy (who are now covering the technological aspect) to 2 other programmers who will be able to help us layout what we need to do to create the software for the "facewall" and give us input on the whole glovePIE + wiimote idea.

I did more research into the 2 types of touchscreens (capacitive and IR) and I kept coming across the application of a Wiimote (instead of a traditional IR touchscreen), I know Paul was also  very supportive of this method, and since a Wiiimote is relatively cheap, I ruled out the capacitive touchscreen. I also stumbled across a program called "GlovePIE", which is a "Glove Programmable Input Emulator. It doesn't have to be used with VR Gloves, but it was originally started as a system for emulating Joystick and Keyboard Input using the Essential Reality P5 Glove. Now it supports emulating all kinds of input, using all kinds of devices, including Polhemus, Intersense, Ascension, WorldViz, 5DT, and eMagin products. It can also control MIDI or OSC output. I searched up GlovePIE + Wiimote applications and I found a depiction of 6DOF with a wiimote and glovePIE . I think this would really give visitors a unique experience because then they wouldn't even have to go up to the surface to manipulate their uploaded video, they would do it remotely! Taking it one step further, it would be even more futuristic if we made it so the technology fitted onto a virtual reality glove, so the visitor would just slip on the glove (it would be more like an exoskeleton for the hand) and be able to manipulate the video by using hand/arm movements. This would also make it very accessible to people of all heights and people with disabilities. //(2 hours)//
 * April 12th **

** April 1st ** //** (I'm not actually sure what day I did this research, but I'm pretty sure it was this day.) **// I researched different types of touch screens to find out which one would be the most appropriate but economical. There are 3 types that I found: resistive (pressure sensitive), capacitive (electrostatic), and IR (infrared). The resistive touchscreen is basically 2 layers of material with spacer dots between them and electricty going through each of the layers; in the event of contact, a chain is formed and the amount of electrcity passing between the layers is then measured in order to determind the point of touch. This touch screen is cheap, but it only allows for one touch and we discussed that multi-touch technology was a must, so I ruled this one out right away. The capacitive touchscreen is one layer of material covered with electroconductive material that provides a continuous current with a certain frequency. When touching it with an object emitting a constant electric flow, a change in current occurs and the point of contact is determined. There are 2 types of IR touchscreens, heat sensitive and optical. The heat sensitive type relies on the assumption that whatever is touching the screen will be emitting enough heat so that the point of contact can be deteremined; this would not work if someone had cold hands. The optical type relies on infrared beams which is much more consistent. //(1 hour)//

Start making sketches of the model and the interface
 * First week of april (ALL)**

**March 27th** consulted with a electrical engineer specializing in LEDs from the company "Glo-synergy" about designing gloves for the Wii mote control and doing research about this technology also gathered materials gathered materials etc. About 1.5 hours.

We pitched our concept to Aylin and Elgin (from the design team) and discussed what steps to take next.
 * March 26th**

We realized that there was already an exhibit in the Centre very similar to our idea of a large-scale EKG. We brainstormed for a while again, coming up with completely new ideas and decided on what became our final project. 2 hours.
 * (Sometime after the 15th)**

**March 15th 2010** Researching for the "heart" exhibit idea, looking at creating an EKG and different possibilities for this idea. See 'idea research' for details : 1 hour

**(I'm not totally sure of the date, but it would have been a couple of weeks after getting the project)** We narrowed our brainstormed ideas down to three main, possible projects. 2 hours

Brainstormed some ideas, since I'm very interested in robotics, I made a robotics brainstorm on the site bubbl.us; I also did some research into interesting areas of robotics and included them in my brainstorm. //(45 min)//
 * March 2nd, 2010**

Nura and Conrad talked to Duck soo about the nature of innovation and the purpose of the innovation center. 45 minutes
 * (The day we got the Innovation project)**

We brainstormed ideas. 1.5 hours