Impact of the research
The broader impact of this work is further amplified by:
Utilizing the smart button technology to analyze teaching effectiveness and reveal the issues and desired features in a teaching environment.
Improving curriculum
development with hand-on smart button projects.
Raising interest in technology among K-12 students and
under-represented minority groups through smart button demos in open houses.
- Supporting talented female and minority PhD students to successfully accomplish their doctoral studies.
If successful, the ultimate
impact of the smart button technology will be substantial: It provides a low-cost open experimental platform for
behavior/social scientists, leading to a solid foundation for a new science of social interaction. The lightweight
devices developed can be used in many contexts beyond the proposed behavior and social study. In the frontier
of computer system research, the smart button technology will showcase the feasibility to harness bio-enabled
functions as integrated elements for bio-enable systems. The principles based on bio-feedback can give rise
to new paradigms, principles, theory and methods in computer system control with bio-in-the-loop. The ensuing infrastructure will provide sustainable innovations on many frontiers including behavioral research, ecology,
conservation, and neuroscience study.
