- These are my draft review on all State Of The Art implementations for my paper.
- Active Badge.
- It has a method to sense location.
- Active badge looks similar to any normal office badge.
- It used as a physical login method for office employees to any room in the designated office building.
- It used to map human with building topology.
- It uses infrared communication.
- Its infrared communication offers bi - directional communication.
- Local positioning system for all its users within a pre - determined space (its intention was to be used in office building).
- More accurately local positioning system.
- The University Of Twente has the first iteration of Active Badge. It was on University Of Twente Computer Science department.
- Data for state of the art.
- Originated: 1992 (although the research started on 1989).
- Name: Active Badge.
- Project type: Commercial and research.
- Form: Office badge.
- This implementation is able to sense: Location (more exactly the local position system).
- Wireless connection: Infrared.
- Documentation available: Paper.
- Links.
- Hackaday Belgrade/Supercon Badge.
- It capable of doing serial communication.
- It powered up with 2 AAA batteries.
- Sadly, there is no GitHub or anything related for the source codes. I think because there is a hacking challenge on whoever manage to hack the kernel wins.
- There are a framework to develop application for this badge.
- There is a default Tetris game pre - installed.
- There is a tutorial on how to program this badge.
- There is an accelerometer to simulate a simple fluid simulation.
- This badge has 2 iterations the first one came for Hackaday Belgrade conference, the second one came for Hackaday Supercon conference.
- User can make an "application" specifically for this badge. I am pretty sure there are methods to interface with the accelerometer as well.
- Information for State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2016.
- Name: Hackaday Belgrade/Supercon Badge.
- Type: DIY project.
- Form: Office badge.
- Sense: Motion from accelerometer.
- Wireless communication: Infrared to connect and send data, I think. I am not so sure about this information actually. But, there is infrared mentioned somewhere in an article below.
- Documentation: PCB, schematics, and tutorial. The tutorial is a tutorial on how to develop the "application" and some pointers on how to hack the badge. The tutorial is not on ow to set up the badge.
- Links.
- Hackaday Belgrade Badge links.
- Hackaday Supercon Badge.
- Meme/Thinking Tag.
- This project was initiated as Meme Tag then changed into Thinking Tag.
- In my opinion this Meme/Thinking Tag is similar to real - life Twitter.
- This tag detect presence of other Meme/Thinking Tag wearer if both are nearby and has the Meme/Thinking Tag facing to each other.
- As far as I know, Meme/Thinking Tag uses infrared to send information to other Meme/Thinking Tag as well to communicate to the mainstream personal computer. There were no Blutooth nor WiFi at that point.
- Meme/Thinking Tag has a server to store memes. I think the memes stored from the Meme/Thinking Tag sent to the server by using infrared. There are no USB or any socket mentioned in the part list. Moreover, Bluetooth, USB, and WiFi were not yet popular.
- The server was written in Perl.
- Data for State Of The Art.
- Year originated: 1998.
- Name: Meme/Thinking Tag.
- Project type: Do it yourself and research.
- Form: Badge.
- Sense: Presence.
- Wireless communication: Infrared.
- Documentation: Paper, PCB, part list, and tutorial.
- Links.
- Memoto/Narrative Clip.
- All interface is using gesture, (covering the camera, tapping, ...).
- As advertised, this device has 2 days batteries life.
- As I always monitor on how to get this device, it always out of stock.
- Memoto/Narrative Clip started as a KickStarter project.
- The 1st version of Narrative Clip only capable to take photo.
- The 2nd version of Narrative Clip able to take, at default, 10 seconds video.
- There are 2 version already for Narrative Clip.
- There is not button for any Narrative Clip.
- This device is automatically turned on when it has power to do so.
- This is the currently available consumer solution for data gathering.
- This is the successor to Vicon Revue and then went alongside with OMG Autographer. Both, Memoto and OMG Autographer was known in nearly in the same time to each other.
- To take video, the default is by tapping twice at Memoto/Narrative Clip.
- To turn off, just put Memoto/Narrative clip into your pocket. Or cover the lens. It has light sensor to detect whether it should goes on or off.
- When this became consumer product it changed name from Memoto into Narrative Clip.
- When this was still a KickStarter project, the project name is Memoto.
- Data for the State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2012.
- Product name: Memoto/Narrative Clip.
- Type: Commercial project.
- Form: Clip.
- Sense: Audio, light, location, motion, and video.
- Wireless communication: Bluetooth, WiFi.
- Links.
- Microsoft Senscam/Vicon Revue.
- It has a content management system to manage all data captured with this device.
- It was first mentioned as a research project from Microsoft named as Microsoft SenseCam.
- Its first iteration in 2001 was made with a PIC micro - controller.
- Microsoft SenseCam/Vicon Revue connects via cable (I am not sure what cable it is) to mainstream personal computer.
- Microsoft SenseCam/Vicon Revue has no wireless communication.
- Then later, I think, the IP got bought by Vicon a high tech imaging company and then sold as Vicon Revue. It still retain the same functionalities, features, and form from the original Microsoft SenseCam.
- This is the true lifelogging device.
- Vicon Revue was priced around 770 USD in 2010.
- Data for State Of The Art:
- Year of origin: 2001.
- Name: Microsoft SenseCam/Vicon Revue.
- Project type: Research then commercial.
- Form: Badge.
- Sense: Audio, light, presence, temperature, and video.
- Documentation: Paper.
- Links.
- New Relic Future Stack Badge.
- Electric Imp is a stat of the art tools to connect every hardware to the Internet.
- Electric Imp itself has an extensive administration panel web interface.
- Electric Imp uses clever method to pair with common smart phone. It uses blink signal from smart phone screen to send shake hand code into the Electric Imp.
- I think Ruby is the main programming language if you want to develop an IoT app with Electric Imp.
- I think this was made so that many DIY people could later use data analytics services provided from New Relic.
- It has Android and iOS communication as it is default in Electric Imp.
- New Relic Future Stack Badge has a near field communication or NFC as its main wireless connection to transfer data between other New Relic Future Stack Badge.
- New Relic Future Stack Badge is used to exchange contact information when tapped together. This is done using NFC.
- New relic Future Stack Badge was made to be hackable in the first place.
- New Relic Future Stack Badge was programmed in Ruby.
- This wearable is made with Electric Imp.
- This wearable technology comes from a company named New Relic.
- Data for State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2013.
- Name: New Relic Future Stack Badge.
- Type: Do it yourself.
- Form: Card.
- Wireless connectivity: NFC and WiFi.
- Documentation available: Codes.
- Links.
- nTag.
- At personal level, nTag can exchange informations within its users.
- Based from an article from RFID News, nTag is better suited for technology related conferences and events. General conferences and events might be better to put money on the event itself rather than buying and using nTag.
- Generally used as a tools to simplify logistics at large events and conference.
- It uses RF to connect to local server. So, within a conference or an event there would be a statically placed computer that acts as a server to store data from RF in the nTag.
- nTag came as a product from a startup company from MIT Media Arts.
- nTag can be used to conduct real - time survey.
- nTag can be used to manage large flow of people within an event or conference.
- nTag could not be used by its own, but rather in package.
- nTag is priced around 30 USD to 90 USD.
- nTag is similar to Meme/Thinking Tag. I suggest that nTag is the realization of Meme/Thinking Tag.
- nTag new website is http://www.alliancetech.com/. However the company is not selling nTag anymore but more into general equipment for conference.
- nTag owned by the event organizer and should not be owned at personal level.
- nTag was intentionally as a commercial solution for event organizer to manage conference and event.
- The nTag main website is a dud.
- The personal intention is to make people to get into and join conversation easily.
- The tag line is to enhance networking opportunities.
- There is a real - time data management.
- There is a tracking feature as well to detect which room is crowded and which room is not crowded.
- There is no specific research paper that is about nTag.
- Data for State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2004.
- Name: nTag.
- Type: Commercial.
- Form: Office badge.
- Sense: Location.
- Wireless communication: Infrared and RF.
- There is no documentation as far as I know.
- Links.
- OMG Autographer.
- I dubbed this as the smarter version of Narrative Clip.
- It can be automatically taken photos based on inputs from its sensors.
- It has built - in GPS.
- It solution to privacy was to make the camera to be apparent to see for anyone that is not the wearer.
- It uses Bluetooth.
- OMG Autographer can make animated .gif directly from the device itself.
- OMG Autographer has an extensive desktop application.
- OMG Autographer is a middlemen between Vicon Revue and Memoto/Narrative Clip.
- OMG Autographer is quite pricey for what it was trying to achieve. As general consumer device it was priced for 799 USD, although there were a point it reached 399 GBP, but it is still an expensive device.
- OMG Autographer uses 136 degree wide angle lens for its camera.
- The company is, sadly, closed.
- The intention was as a general lifelogging device.
- The most packed version for general lifelogging device.
- The thing that I personally like is that OMG Autographer has a LED matrices user interface that greet the user. So, the wearer and anyone can see if this device is currently recording.
- There are at least 5 known sensors.
- There are other implementation as well, like for example for people with neuro degenerative diseases like Alzheimer to help them to develop their surrogate memory.
- There is a motion sensor for both user and surrounding. For self, it uses accelerometer, for surrounding it uses PIR.
- There is Android and iOS application.
- Way better quality compared to Narrative Clip.
- Data for State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2012.
- Name: OMG Autographer.
- Type: Commercial project.
- Form: Badge.
- Sense: Light, location, magnetometer to detect camera facing, motion, temperature, and video.
- Wireless: Bluetooth.
- There is no documentation found.
- Links.
- http://autographer.com/, the main website, although it closed now.
- http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/122616-omg-life-autographer-review, an article about OMG Autographer that stated about the usage of magnetometer.
- http://www.techradar.com/reviews/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/compact-cameras/omg-life-autographer-1169330/review, review of OMG Autograph. But this does not mention anything new from links I have read.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autographer, OMG Autographer main Wikipedia entry. It is stated here that this device uses 5 sensors. There is stated that this product have a color sensor, but I think it is more as a part of image processing from the video than a physical sensor specifically used to determine color.
- https://www.amazon.com/Autographer-Wearable-Camera-Classic-Black/dp/B00AMYNREU/, OMG Autographer's Amazon entry. It priced at 799 USD.
- https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/omglife-autographer, the best review for OMG Autographer, small but precise.
- https://www.ephotozine.com/article/omg-life-autographer-review-25932, review of OMG Autographer. In this article it mentions about the usage of PIR to detect motion.
- Queercon Badge.
- It has light sensor and RGB LEDs that behaves like virus. It shares its color into nearby Queercon Badge using hop RF communication.
- Queercon Badge has a light sensor (photo resistor).
- Queercon Badge has a temperature sensor.
- Queercon Badge is a general electronics badge for Queercon, a DEFCON like conference but for LGBTQ people.
- Data for State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2016.
- Name: Queercon Badge.
- Project type: Do it yourself.
- Form: Badge.
- Sense: Light and temperature.
- Wireless communication: RF.
- Documentation: PCB, part list, and schematics.
- Links.
- Rhythm Open Badge.
- I am not so sure on what kind of sensors it has. The part list does not show proper information. But, from the website, it says that Rhythm Open Badge is able to detect audio, presence, and proximity. The 2 latter ones are with Bluetooth.
- I think Rhythm is the project name. Whereas Open Badge is the sub - project (the device name).
- Rhythm Open Badge can be powered with a coin battery.
- Rhythm Open Badge has 2 versions.
- Rhythm Open Badge has limited amount of information aside from the website itself.
- Rhythm Open Badge intended to study human real - life interactivity.
- Rhythm Open Badge is the newest solution for open source Sociometric Badge.
- Rhythm Open Badge project is promoted (or supervised) from the same person that initiates Sociometric Badge (Prof. Alex "Sandy" Pentland).
- Sadly, the term "Open Badge" contradicts with what it is available from Mozilla Foundation's web based Open Badge that is completely unrelated to Rhythm Open Badge. Hence, I refer this as Rhythm Open Badge.
- The 1st version of Rhyhtm Open Badge is developed using RFDuino. An Arduino compatible development board.
- The 3rd version of Rhythm Open Badge is developed using NRF51 - DK. A development kit with built - in BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy).
- The open-source hardware badges can be worn by participants around their necks or clipped to their clothing, and measures speaking activity and proximity to other badges.
- The tutorial and the documentations are still incomplete.
- The whole project is still ongoing.
- There is a Google Hangout plug - in. However, Google Hangout is not available anymore.
- There is a Python based server.
- There is an Android application to test how Rhythm Open Badge works. However, the features is limited.
- This project started on 21st January 2016. I know this from the first GitHub commit.
- Data for State Of The Art:
- Year of origin: 2016.
- Name: Rhythm Open Badge.
- Type: DIY.
- Form: Office Badge.
- Sense: Audio, presence, and proximity using Bluetooth.
- Wireless connection: Bluetooth.
- Documentation: Codes, PCB, part list, schematics, and tutorial.
- Links.
- Sociometer.
- At basic it has IR to detect face - to - face communication.
- It capable to detect motion with accelerometer.
- It has multi - modal audio recording from a small microphone that extract the features from incoming audio.
- It sends ID data to other facing Sociometer via infrared. This is what determines the face - to - face communication.
- It uses IR transceiver to detect face - to - face communication.
- Sociometer is the predecessor of Sociometric Badge.
- Sociometer was designed as a wearable device. Usually wearable device designed with ambient form in mind. However, unlike any other implementations in this State Of The Art, Sociometer present as an ergonomic shoulder pad. The sense was to make the device ambient to the wearer and not necessarily to be ambient to anyone that is not the wearer.
- Data for State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2003.
- Name: Sociometer.
- Type: Research.
- Form: Shoulder pad.
- Sense: Audio, motion, and presence.
- Wireless communication: Infrared.
- Documentation: Paper.
- Link.
- http://hd.media.mit.edu/tech-reports/TR-554.pdf, Sociometer main research paper. https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/the-sociometer-a-wearable-device-for-understanding-human-networks-2/, the paper's abstract.
- http://hd.media.mit.edu/tech-reports/TR-569.pdf, another research paper about the implementation of the Sociometer. The aim of Sociometer is to help build and understanding human social networking in real life. https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/characterizing-social-interactions-using-the-sociometer/, here is the abstract for the paper.
- http://www.nature.com/articles/srep05604, research paper about using Sociometer to quantify social interaction. This paper is "very" outside of my scope of current knowledge (a lot of Mathematics, as well as its relation to human social interaction). Perhaps, I hope, someday I will be able to understand this paper.
- https://dam-prod.media.mit.edu/x/files/tech-reports/TR-564.pdf, research paper about "Sensing And Modeling Human Networks Using The Sociometer". https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/sensing-and-modeling-human-networks-using-the-sociometer-3/, The link to the paper's abstract.
- Sociometric Badge.
- Bluetooth is used to transfer data and for proximity detection.
- Infrared transceiver is used to transfer ID of facing nearby Sociometric Badge. This is what it uses to detect face - to - face communication.
- The closest lifelogging device has ever set in commercial market. Specifically more into corporate lifelogging device.
- There are 2 iterations known. The 1st iteration was from 2008 whereas the latest iteration was ~2013 as commercial product from Humanyze.
- This is the main topic for my project.
- Data for State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2008.
- Name: Sociometric Badge.
- Type: Commercial and research project.
- Form: Office badge.
- Sense: Audio, motion, position, presence, proximity.
- Wireless communication: Bluetooth and infrared.
- Documentation: Paper.
- Links.
- Spinner.
- Spinner is a wristwatch for lifelogging.
- Spinner uses RF to communicate with the static nodes.
- Spinner uses WiFi to transfer data.
- The different is those multi - modal sensors those are statically placed in a place.
- The intention is to use Spinner as an automatic lifelogging.
- The project overall goal is to make an automated entertainment.
- The same creator with UbER Badge.
- There is a gesture sensor, I think it is accelerometer.
- There is a video "sensor" (multi - modal sensor) located as a static nodes.
- There is audio "sensor" as well.
- There is presence and location sensor. The location is a relative local positioning system with RF that is relative to the statically placed nodes.
- Data for State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2010.
- Name: Spinner.
- Type: Research project.
- Form: Wristwatch.
- Sense: Audio, motion, video.
- Wireless communication: RF and WiFi.
- Documentation: Paper.
- Links.
- UbER Badge.
- The presence detection was using infrared transceiver.
- The purpose of this project is to map human real - life social interaction.
- This badge has only a sensor to detect the presence of other badge nearby.
- UbER Badge has similar notion on what it is now Rhythm Open Badge.
- UbER Badge has the most documentation available than other badge.
- UbER Badge is the closest implementation to my project.
- State Of The Art.
- Year of origin: 2003.
- Name: UbER Badge.
- Type: Do it yourself and as a research project.
- Form: Office badge.
- Sense: Audio and presence.
- Wireless communication: Infrared.
- Documentation: Codes, paper, PCB, part list, schematics, and tutorial.
- Links.
- http://resenv.media.mit.edu/badge/, the general homepage for the UbER Badge.
- http://resenv.media.mit.edu/badge/apps.html, example application for the UbER Badge.
- http://resenv.media.mit.edu/badge/docs.html, this webpage gives plethora of documentations.
- http://resenv.media.mit.edu/badge/hardware.html, hardware descriptions (part list, PCB, sensors, ...).
- http://resenv.media.mit.edu/badge/software.html, codes.
- http://ttt.media.mit.edu/research/276badgeocg.pdf, the dumbed down version of the main research paper for the UbER Badge (or, is this an abstract?).
- http://ttt.media.mit.edu/research/276badgeocg.pdf, the main research paper for the UbER Badge.
- Vocera Communication Badge.
- Vocera Communication Badge is a commercial solution for high - risk interaction management. For example emergency situation at hospital.
- It only capture voice.
- The environment costs 20.000 USD for 75 users, with all included system.
- They offer specific rugged Android phone for hospital environment.
- Data for State Of The Art.
- Year of origin is not known.
- Name: Vocera Communication Badge.
- Type: Commercial project.
- Form: Clip.
- Sense: Audio.
- Wireless communication: RF and WiFi.
- There is no known documentation.
- Links.
- https://www.vocera.com/sites/default/files/resources/ds-b3000n-vocera-usa-0.pdf, product specifications.cations.