The Future of MIThril

 MIThril, a borglab production. Richard W. DeVaul, Jonathan Gips, Michael Sung, Sandy Pentland

Heute die Welt, morgen das Sonnensystem.
Our focus is turning from developing the MIThril platform to using it. There is still significant work to be done to fulfill the promise of the MIThril platform, but the time for application development and research is now. We need help in developing and testing our ideas and are seeking collaboration with other institutions and researchers. Future work includes ongoing platform development, the development of supporting sensors, packages, and interfaces, and (most importantly) research application development and evaluation.

Ongoing Platform Development

 smaller, lighter, more flexible

MIThril platform development continues, and we are looking forward to a faster, lower-power computing core, the full integration of USB and fast wireless networking, and innovative new interfaces.

Research Application Development

 creating new tools and understanding

The purpose of MIThril is to develop and test research applications; the range of possibilities is immense, including:

  • Developing new top-level attention management strategies.
  • Demonstrating of the effectiveness of context in wearable HCI
  • Developing new social and recreation applications
  • Developing logistical, support, and personal management applications
  • Developing new biomedical and health applications
  • Developing new classes of applications nobody has imagined yet.

Opportunities for Collaboration

 your change to participate

There is a tremendous amount of interesting work to do and we are seeking enthusiastic collaborators and researchers. We looking for help in the following areas:

  • Microcontroler programming and sensor design.
  • Software development and interface design
  • Linux kernel hacking and device driver writing.
  • High-speed digital design and mixed signal design.
  • Documentation, writing, and publishing our results.
  • Developing new application ideas.

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