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 ====== Pragmatix ======
+======  Flexus - Gesture Control Sleeve  ======
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-Video: http://youtu.be/HLdkLN50t0E
+===== Video =====
-======  Flexus - Gesture Control Sleeve  ======
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgvHz0OoNNQ
-**Students:** Aysar Khalid, Hassan Chehaitli, Mohammad Aryanpour
-**Project Adviser & Course Director:** Professor Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh
-**Mentors:** Mourad Amara, Giancarlo Ayala-Charca
 ===== Group Members =====
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-Project lead.  Oversees material science engineering aspects of the project such various fluid and solid  to be used for tests.  In addition, system apparatus building/shielding and data communication protocols.
+Project lead.  Oversees software engineering aspects of the project, such as device communication between circuit and Arduino, iOS and 3rd party devices.  In addition, develops processing algorithms necessary to process and analyze sensing data.
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 **Mohammad Aryanpour**, Space Engineer, [[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mohammad-aryanpour/26/17b/194|{{:projects:g5:1384830761_linkedin_square_color.png|}}]]
-Develops interfacing and application development that will receive, process, analyze and display data.  In addition, composes documentation for research.
+Oversees material science engineering aspects of the project such various sleeve material and electrodes.  In addition, system apparatus building/shielding and industrial design.
+**Project Adviser & Course Director:** Professor Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh
+**Mentors:** Mourad Amara, Giancarlo Ayala-Charca
 ===== Description of Project =====
-Flexus lets you use the electrical activity in your muscles to wirelessly control your computer, phone and other digital technologies.  With the wave of your hand, it will transform how you interact with your digital world.  The past four years, wearable technology sales have risen to $60b paving the way for an emerging market.  Gesture control allows data from muscular activity to be translated to different commands for electronic devices.  On an aggregate level, the Flexus has the capability of being a universal remote that can interact with multiple electronic devices.
+As we live in the digital age, we are constantly using more and more digital devices.  Nowadays, people consistently own atleast 3 devices such as your phone, tablet, and computer.  As you attempt to interact with these devices, you typically only interact with one device at a time.  This limitation is posed by the fact that you need direct contact with the device.
-In the age of wearable technology, humans are constantly owning more than three devices but are limited by their pace of interaction, the Flexus attempts to resolve this in a human way with less interactions.
+With the increased adoption of wearable technology, we sought to solve this limitation by developing a new type of medium- the Flexus.
+The Flexus uses electromyography (EMG) to sense small muscle electrical activity that occur when you flex.  We believe detecting muscle activity will help simplify human gesture recognition.
+The Flexus changes the way we interact with devices.  It allows you to wave your hand or snap your finger to interact with your devices.  For example, when you are cooking- you can interact with your TV or laptop by simply waving a gesture, no more having to stop what you’re doing.
+One way to demonstrate the versatility and accuracy of the Flexus in real-time was done using an AR Drone.  We controled a quadcopter drone not by a remote but by simply flexing and waving hands, making for a very seamless natural experience.  Other applications are in the automotive industry, we can truly achieve hands-free driving with the Flexus, no more having to reach down for your phone.
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-==== Achieved results =====
+===== Results =====
 Controlling a drone via Flexus.
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-==== Discussion ====
+===== Discussion =====
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-Key to its design is the ability of modularity.  It can take multiple inputs from multiple sensors and act on it due to its client/server multicast architecture.
+**Competitive Edge**
+Key to its design is the ability of modularity.  It can take multiple inputs from multiple sensors and act on it due to its client/server multicast architecture.  This allows for rapid development of add-on sensing and input devices without redeveloping the entire sleeve.  In addition, it has the ability to control multiple devices at the same time (given the application allows this functionality).
+The Flexus' sleeve nature provides it the ability to be applied to other muscle groups/body parts that have recognizable gestures rather than being limited to a wristband.
 **Market**
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 **Conclusion**
-The Flexus sleeve has been demonstrated to recognize gestures in real-time allowing for fluid device interaction..  Using a prototyped EMG sensing circuit for muscle activity data and the iPhone’s three-axis accelerometer and gyroscope.  The Flexus  communicates to 3rd party devices via Wi-Fi such as the AR Drone or other media player devices.
+The Flexus sleeve has been demonstrated to recognize gestures in real-time allowing for fluid device interaction.  Using a prototyped EMG sensing circuit for muscle activity data and the iPhone’s three-axis accelerometer and gyroscope.  The Flexus  communicates to 3rd party devices via Wi-Fi such as the AR Drone or other media player devices.
 As people are evermore interacting with the increasing amount of devices, their capacity to interact at the same time is limited. We believe the Flexus will further increase user device interactivity by allowing for fluid, friendly gestures to be recognized and sent in real time to 3rd party devices.  In essense, simplifying the interactions between people and devices.