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Research human and animal behaviour with I-CubeX sensors ! They can capture a variety of events and signals - see the list below.
Examples
Automatically add markers to your video observation that indicate behaviours of interest: eg. when someone enters a part of the room or picks up a specific object.
Automatically record behaviour of visitors to your booth: eg. detect whether they pass by, approach, reach, touch and pickup objects.
Automatically record consumption behaviour of customers in a restaurant: how often or when they grab a cookie or a drink.
Automatically record driving behaviour in a car: how often or when the radio is touched or changed.
Record and add detailed sensor data to measurement of behaviour in a video observation.
Measure behavioural parameters and use the data to create audio-visual effects in real-time to trigger or elicit new behaviour or to modify the behaviour being measured.
How does it work ?
Sensors are connected to a computer, using one of the following thumb-sized interfaces:
USB-microSystem: 8 analog/10-bit inputs at > 5 KS/s and 8 digital outputs (for actuators), via USB.
Wi-microSystem: 8 analog/10-bit inputs at > 1 KS/s via Bluetooth wireless (legal to use anywhere in the world) with 100 meter range, includes BatteryPack-1000.
With I-CubeX software you can now configure the sensor interface to process the sensor signals and events. You can then record the human/animal behaviours with software like Noldus Observer XT for analysis, and:
Use our Keys software to make your I-CubeX sensor data appear as keyboard strokes/strings that control the observer software such that it adds entries in the observer log to mark regions of interest or to code behaviours directly.
Use our Editor software to record and add detailed sensor data to measurement of behaviour in a video observation.
Use our Editor or Link software to control audio-visual effects with behavioural parameter data in real-time to trigger or elicit new behaviour or to modify the behaviour being studied.
Note that there is a wealth of other software and devices that you can use in conjunction with I-CubeX to record or visualize the data and/or to map the data to audiovisual feedback.
For more information about I-CubeX, read the About page.
Sensors
Whole-body motion
- Flash + SeeLaser-Red or SeeLaser-IR: crossing a line of upto at least 10 m length
- MoveAlong: speed and direction of motion within a space, -511°/s to +512°/s upto 5 m within 22° angle
- MoveAround: temperature of 8 objects, 5 m within 41° by 6.0° field of view
- MoveOn: motion (or not) within a space, 2.5 m within 60° angle to 5.0 m within 10° angle
- TapTile: contact force, upto ~ 100 Kg within 30 cm diameter
- ReachClose: distance, 0.05 - 2 m within line of sight
- ReachFar: distance, 1.0 - 5.5 m within line of sight
- Advance-645: distance, 0.152 - 6.45 m without acoustic obstructions
Limb motion
- BendMicro: flex angle upto at least 180° with a min. 5 mm flex radius along 37 mm strip
- BendMini: flex angle upto at least 180° with a minimum 5 mm flex radius along 63 mm strip
- BendShort: flex angle upto at least 180° with a minimum 5 mm flex radius along 87 mm strip
- GForce3D-6: acceleration, upto 6G, and inclination, 360 ° range, both in 3 directions
- Orient3D: pitch, yaw and roll, 360 ° range
- Spin2D-500: angular velocity, upto ± 500 °/s
Proximity, distance
- ReachOn: upto 2 mm from behind a cover
- Magnetic: upto 7 cm with included magnet
- Reach: upto 15 cm from behind a cover
- ReachClose: 0.05 - 2 m within line of sight
- Advance-645: 0.152 - 6.45 m without acoustic obstructions
Touch, slide, turn
- Bang: pickup taps and other impacts applied anywhere on a surface
- TouchMicro-3: contact force upto ~ 40 Kg within 3 mm diameter area
- TouchMicro-5: contact force upto ~ 100 Kg within 5 mm diameter area
- TouchMicro-10: contact force upto ~ 70 Kg within 10 mm diameter area
- TouchMini: contact force upto ~ 100 Kg within 13 mm diameter area
- Touch: contact force upto ~ 100 Kg within 37.5 x 37.5 mm area
- TouchStrip: contact force upto ~ 100 Kg within 13 x 609 mm area
- TouchMiniOn: touch (or not) the button, 10x10 mm
- TouchGlove: glove with TouchMini sensors on each fingertip and palm
- ReachOn: touch (or not) the surface, 30 x 30 mm
- Slide-50: contact position, upto 50 (x 7.0 mm)
- Slide-170: contact position, upto 170 (x 7 mm)
- Slide-500: contact position, upto 500 (x 7.0 mm)
- SlideRound: contact position, upto 360° within a 46/56 mm inner/outer diameter ring)
- SlideWide: contact position, upto 165 (x 160 mm)
- Push: contact position, upto 100 mm
- Push2D: contact position in 2 directions, ± 5 mm
- Turn: rotation, single turn upto 300°
Object manipulation
- GForce3D-6: acceleration, upto 6G, and inclination, 360 ° range, both in 3 directions
- Orient3D: pitch, yaw and roll, 360 ° range
- Spin2D-500: angular velocity, upto ± 500 °/s
Body neurophysiology
- BioBeat: heart contractions such as in an EKG (electro-cardiogram)
- BioEmo: skin resistance or GSR (galvanic skin response)
- BioFlex: muscle tension such as in an EMG (electro-myogram)
- BioWave: brain waves such as in an EEG (electro-encephalogram) and
eye movement such as in an EOG (electro-oculogram)
- Stretch: in/exhalation
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