I Would Be Most Grateful For Your Help In Identifying A Minimal Yet Extensible Physiology Aggregator
Ira Laefsky
Charalampos, Emery, Mike and Mario:
I am eager (desperate J) for your help and somewhat stymied in my search for a minimum configuration that will allow us to collect data from at least one commercial digital biosensor (like Fitbit or Neurosky) and 2-3 DIY Analog Sensors (such as GSR (Skin Conductivity), Pulse, and Respiration (or SPO2) and yet be extensible to allow additional Digital and Analog Sensors. I imagine the way to go would be to place the analog sensors on 1-2 Arduino or Eve Alpha type bare bones microcontrollers and hook up these to a Beaglebone or Raspberry Pi Linux Development Board (the Digital Appliance Sensor could talk via USB or Ethernet to the Linux Board….But, how do we design and build a minimal system which is extensible to allow additional Digital and Analog Sensors and Translate the Protocols of proprietary digital sensors like Fitbit, Neurosky, Basis, etc..
What would be our approach to translating (multiple) digital protocols. Should we start with a minimal Linux Development Board like Beaglebone or RPI or should we use a Freedom Box
Or Tablet System?
As Charalampos has suggested I have started a Google Document (which I believe you all have access to) listing both known types of Digital Appliance Sensors, Analog DIY Biosensors, and
pointers to Open Source Software for translating the proprietary protocols of systems like Fitbit, Emotiv, etc.
Please send me your suggestions of how we might get started with a basic yet extensible system. I have several potential sources of external funding and additional help once we are able to take an initial stab at this effort.
--Ira Laefsky
Mike Dodaro
Sorry to be so unreponsive on this, but I don't know anything about Linux, and I am busy trying to get a grip on Windows Embedded Compact. I won't be much help.
On the sensors and actuators, I have a contact who is trying to develop a device to deal with sleep apnia. He has developed mechanical aspects but needs expertise on the microcontroller. I mention it only because it is the kind of thing we have discussed.
Mike
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Subject: I Would Be Most Grateful For Your Help In Identifying A Minimal Yet Extensible Physiology Aggregator
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:16:37 -0500
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Charalampos Doukas
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I recognize that many of us have other (higher priorities) and I am most grateful for whatever involvement and contribution you might make to the
"aggregator project".
First, in answer to Charalampos's question "What device(s) are now available that you would like to collect data from?".
I will list (from memory as I am now at our Philadelphia Hackerspace rather than in front of my own equipment) what sensors and microcontrollers I have available for experimentation--but I believe we might want to describe a minimum cost and minimum effort/expertise preliminary prototype
which participants/collaborators at several different locations might wish to experiment on their own with and contribute to a mutual effort rather
than relying on my particular collection of gear from previous experiments.
With that said I will list my best recollection of my collection of biosensors and microcontrollers in my collection.
First the assortment of microcontrollers: 5-6 Arduinos or clones (at least three Uno's or clones) and various accessories including an ethernet/SD Card shield; A Raspberry PI along with accesories, a Beagleboard C4 Original Model; A .Net Gadgeteer Spider Toolkit; A Netduino Plus, A Desktop Windows 7/Ubuntu Machine; a MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion, and an original model Kindle Fire
jailbroken to run standard Android.
Biosensors include:
A Neurosky Mindwave EEG Sensor (Digital USB Output)
A Seeedstudio SPO2 (Pulse OX and Pulse sensor) with connectors for .Net Gadgeteer
A partially unsuccessful attempt to build a GSR Sensor for Arduino
I would be interested initially interested in GSR and Pulse Sensors for Arduino transmitting data to a Linux Board like the Beagleboard/Beaglebone
or Raspberry Pi and connection for at least one Digital Appliance like the Neurosky (or Fitbit) and transmitting data to a database on an SD Card as well as some Internet of Things service.
I am more interested in what we could prototype at several different locations with interested individuals rather then necessarily starting with the equipment in my current collection (but for me as well as other involved individuals minimal cost and minimal assembly skills is a real consideration.
Please forward your ideas as time allows keeping in mind our long term goals for the physiosense aggregator.
--Ira
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Subject: Re: I Would Be Most Grateful For Your Help In Identifying A Minimal Yet Extensible Physiology Aggregator
MRE
Personally, my realm has been environmental, so other than gas sensors which could pull double duty as BAC meters, and human body temp, I have no other bio sensors.
But a guy at Tokyo hackerspace is trying a eeg (? heart monitor).
Also, tuesday, the guy who prototyped Necomimi will come in for a presentation. His new project is a wearable tail that gestures in response to heart rate.
Ill be sure to ask about his sensors and report back.