Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 2004)
Today's crossword solution EYEDRAW continued from page 1A at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, which will be held this October in Chicago The Eye Draw software will be unveiled Wednes day in Vienna at CHI2004, billed as a premier international conference for computer-human interaction. Cavender and Hoselton conducted the research for the software in the University's cognitive modeling and 1 014413! [Hi|K. 942-8730 484-1927 STUDENT SPECIAL GOLF 9 HOLES $10 Students Only. Must show ID. (Monday ■ Friday) One stop. No hassles. We've got everything you need for your next trip. STA TRAVEL www.statravel.com 877 1/2 East 13th St. (541) 344.2263 STUDENT TRAVEL & BEYOND Summer Trip Paris.$537 London.$528 Cancun.$466 Costa Rica.$366 Hostels & transfers: 5 nights, 3 islands From: $304 Cfi cnncun 5 night accomm. From: $275 Fare it round trip from Eugene and prices are per person. Subject to change and availability. Tax not included. Restrictions and blackouts apply. Fares are valid for students, faculty and youth under 26. eye-tracking lab. Although real-time eye tracking has been linked to con trolling computers before, Cavender said this is the first time eye trackers have been able to draw without scrib bles, which have been the result of the eye's natural movement. "This is one of the first applications where we've been able to control the decision between drawing and not drawing." Hoselton said. During previous attempts to draw with the eye, Hoselton said drawing oc curred wherever the user looked on the screen, which posed a technical prob lem referred to as the "Midas touch problem." Cavender said this problem happens when the eye tracker has no concept of "pen up or pen down." Pix els are drawn wherever the user looks on the screen, leaving the user without real control over the drawing. However, Hoselton and Cavender found a way to give users more con trol by enabling the eye tracker to dis tinguish between intentional drawing and simple gazing. "We're taking data from the eye tracker into the (EyeDraw) program in the form of x-y coordinates, and manipulating that data to optically draw pictures," Cavender said. "We use smoothing algorithms so that the jerky nature of eye movements does n't appear on the screen." Hoselton and Cavender said the process of development was methodi cal but went abnormally fast because they were so excited by the research. "Just the initial steps of learning how to get the eye data into the Windows environment took one to two months; from there we were able to expand to clicking on buttons, drawing simple lines, choosing points on the screen and it just kind of evolved from there," Hoselton said. "The project was so fun we couldn't stay away from it" Hoselton said that although pre liminary tests of EyeDraw with non disabled users have shown that the skill can be mastered in two to three minutes, it was designed to give dis abled children the ability to express themselves through drawing and develop their own creativity. "I would just like to see our users just enjoy having the experience of joy of doing the same tasks that normal or typically developed children do," he said. Assistant Professor of computer and information science Anthony Homof oversaw the research and nominated Cavender for the CRA award. "Anna's work in the field of human computer interaction opens up the cre ative and scientific world to those who have been locked out," he said. Homof said initial tests by users have shown the possibilities of such software, which could be used by all types of disabled users and average consumers alike. "We had a guy from IBM suggesting that there should be an eye tracker on every laptop," Homof said. Contact the business/science/ technology reporter at stevenneuman@dailyemerald.com. Lauren Wimer Photographer Senior Anna Cavender watches Rob Hoselton, a University graduate, demonstrate EyeDraw, a computer program they created that uses eye movements to draw pictures. The two say the program should allow children and adults with severe motor impairments to express their creativity by allowing them to ‘draw’ on the computer screen. CLARIFICATION It has come to the Emerald's atten tion that the person pictured in the upper left photo on page 2B of the Travel Supplement (ODE, April 21) was rock climbing on a hazardous an chor system. This person was not affil iated with the University's Outdoor Program or Outdoor Pursuits Pro gram, which are featured in the ac companying story. According to Michael Strong, direc tor of the Outdoor Pursuits Program, the safe way to configure an anchor is to clip the climbing rope through a locking and non-locking carabiner, both of which are attached to the an chor sling. When linked together in this fashion, the rope cannot detach from the anchor slings, or mb through the anchor sling and break. It's also a good idea to tie directly into the climbing harness with the rope, rather than clipping a loop of rope into the harness with a locking cara biner, Strong said. For more information on correct an chor practices, visit http://opp.uore gon.edu/climbing/anchors.htm. CAMPUS Monday * Judaic Studies Lecture, Alumni Lounge Ger- * linger Hall, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Sarah Abrevaya Stein, University of Washington history profes sor, discusses “Jewish Communities in Con trast: Yiddish and Ladino Cultures in the late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries." • Portfolio Mentor Group, Room 244 (Career Center Library) Hendricks Hall, 12 p.m.-l p.m. Joyce McCracken, Career Center, facilitates dis cussion of ways to create a resume or portfolio, complete the UO online application and attract the attention of potential employers. f Applying Psychology to the Real World Department of Psychology, Summer Session 2004 Join us for an exciting summer of Psychology! Our summer classes are small and geared towards investigating real life issues. Course offerings include: Psychology of Gender • Human Sexuality • Human Performance Perception • Motivation & Emotion • Psychology of Trauma Cognitive Development • Social Development • and many others. Several courses also fulfill social science, science and multicultural requirements. Registration begins Monday, May 3, 2004 For a complete course listing and more information, please visit our web page: http://psyehweb.uoregon.edu/summer Oregon Daily Emerald P.o. Box 3159, Eugene OR 97403 The Oregon Daily Emerald is pub lished daily Monday through Friday during the school year by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.The Emerald operates inde pendently of the University with of fices in Suite 300 of the Erb Memorial Union. The Emerald is private prop erty. The unlawful removal or use of papers is prosecutable by law. NEWSROOM — (541)346-5511 Editor in chief: Brad Schmidt Managing editor: Jan Tobias Montry Freelance editor: Jennifer Sudick News editors: Jennifer Marie Bear, Ayisha Vahya Senior news re porters: Chelsea Duncan, Jared Paben News reporters: Moriah Balingit, Lisa Catto, Parker Howell, Steven Neuman Pulse editor: Aaron Shakra Senior Pulse reporter: Ryan Nyburg Pulse reporter: Natasha Chilingerian Pulse columnists: Helen Schumacher, Carl Sundberg Sports editor: Hank Hager Senior sports reporter: Mindi Rice Sports reporters: Jon Roetman, Alex Tam Editorial editor: Travis Willse Columnists: Peter Hockaday, David Jagernauth, Marissa Jones, Chuck Slothower Illustrators: Steve Baggs, Eric Layton Design editor: Tanyia Johnson Senior designer: Sean Hanson Designers: Killian Mcllroy, Kira Park Photo editor: Danielle Hickey Senior photographer: Lauren Wi mer Photographer: Tim Bobosky Part-time photographers: Adan Amato, Erik R. Bishoff Copy chiefs: Kim Chapman, Rebekah Hearn Copy editors: Tarah Campi, Stefanie Contreras, Jeannie Evers, Alicia Gesner, Paul J. Thompson Online editor: Erik R. Bishoff Webmaster: Eric Lay ton BUSINESS —- 346-5512 General manager: Judy Riedl Business manager: Kathy Carbone Receptionist: Rebecca Critchett Distribution: Caron Alarab, Megan Anderson, John Long, Matt O’Brien, Mike Schapira, Ben Turner ADVERTISING — DISPLAY 346-3712 CLASSIFIED 346-4343 Director: Melissa Gust Sales manager: Michelle Chan Sales representatives: Army Feth, Patrick Gilligan, Megan Hamlin, i Kim Humphries, Alex Hurliman, Tyler Mack, Shannon Rogers, Katherine Vague Assistant: Thomas Redditt Classified advertising associates: Liz Carson, Liz Conant, Sabrina Gowette, Keri Spangler PRODUCTION — 346-4381 Manager: Michele Ross Production coordinator: Tara Sloan Designers: Jen Cramlet, Kristen Dicharry, Matt Graft, Andy^Holland, Marissa Jones, Jonah Schrogin
