Consumer grade EEG devices: are they usable for control tasks?

Consumer-grade EEG devices: are they usable for control tasks?

We present the evaluation of two well-known, low-cost consumer-grade EEG devices: the Emotiv EPOC and the Neurosky MindWave. Problems with using the consumer-grade EEG devices (BCI illiteracy, poor technical characteristics, and adverse EEG artefacts) are discussed. The experimental evaluation of the devices, performed with 10 subjects asked to perform concentration/relaxation and blinking reco...

Border Disease Control Checkpoints: Are They Sufficient for Disease Control? The Present Situation in Thailand

Learning object repositories are useful, but are they usable?

Learning Object Repositories seems to be the solution to facilitate the sharing and reusing of learning material. As useful as they may appear, Learning Object Repositories are not in widespread use among faculty around the world. There are indications that the amount of work and time required to use the Repositories is the main reason for the reluctance of teachers. This work analyzes the tool...

WSACd - A Usable Access Control Framework for Smart Home Devices

Computing devices already permeate working and living environments; a trend which is expected to intensify in the coming years. However, the direct interaction smart devices often have with the physical world, along with the processing, storage and communication of private sensitive data pertaining to users’ lives, bring security concerns into the limelight. This paper presents Web Service Acce...

Needs Assessment Competencies: Are They Important for Extension Educators?

The purpose of this study was to determine the importance of eleven professional competencies related to needs assessment and program development; a secondary purpose was to identify the best time these competencies should be learned. The study followed a survey research design, in which 441 randomly selected extension educators in the North Central Region of the United States responded to a qu...