Bioelectrically Controlled Devices

                Week 1:

                In Section 33 held on Tuesday from 1-3, the project topic is "Bioelectrically Controlled Devices".  This topic is mainly geared towards Biomedical Engineers with an interest who have an interest in Biomedical devices. Bioelectrically controlled devices usually involve the use of signals gathered by sensors from muscle movements, such as EOG or EMG sensors, along with amplifiers. Projects under this topic can deal with actions such as muscle movements, brain activity, and even the cardiac cycle. The Biomedical Engineering field has been able to produce a large amount of Bioelectrically Controlled Devices in the past few years, so this is definitely a prevalent field of study and a great topic for students to explore.

                Even though this Engineering lab section has a proposed topic, the specific project of each group will vary and needs to be determined. Group 8 had a difficult time coming up with a subtopic, so a meeting with DJ, the project advisor, was set up to discuss possible projects. Some of the project ideas were as follows:

• An airplane simulation game controlled by eye and arm muscle movements
• Controlling the duck hunt video game with arm muscle contractions
• Controlling a computer mouse via the use of EOG and EMG signals
• Controlling an E-reader with eye movements

                The general consensus of group 8 was to focus on a Bioelectrically Controlled Device that would be an assistive, making it more relevant to the Biomedical Engineering field.  Because of this, the ultimate decision was to make the project "EOG Controlled Mouse Movement".