This paper is intended as an investigation of some new interfaces for computer music and interactive multimedia art. We have been producing many sensors, interfaces and interactive systems for computer music, composing many works and presenting some performances as applications of our research. Now in this study the main stress falls on "soft connections" with human performers, not using mechan...

The incidence of diabetes is continually increasing, and by 2030, it is expected to have increased by 69% and 20% in underdeveloped and developed countries, respectively. Therefore, glucose sensors are likely to remain in high demand in medical device markets. For the current study, we developed a needle-type bio-layer interference (BLI) sensor that can continuously monitor glucose levels. Usin...

Computational models of visual processing often use framebased image acquisition techniques to process a temporally changing stimulus. This approach is unlike biological mechanisms that are spikebased and independent of individual frames. The neuromorphic Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) [Lichtsteiner et al., 2008] provides a stream of independent visual events that indicate local illumination chang...

We describe a prototype low-cost multi-channel aerosol fluorescence sensor designed for unattended deployment in medium to large area bio-aerosol detection networks. Individual airborne particles down to ~1 m in size are detected and sized by measurement of light scattered from a continuous-wave diode laser (660nm). This scatter signal is then used to trigger the sequential firing of two xenon ...

Biological hair fluid motion sensors can be found in a variety of animals such as arachnids, insects, crustaceans, fish, and mammals. These sensors display a wide range of geometrical sizes and dynamical characteristics affecting their sensitivity depending on their purpose. This paper examines a novel capacitance based sensor designed to detect fluid motion. The sensor was experimentally subje...

Insects use their antennae (feelers) as near range sensors for orientation, object localization and communication. This paper presents an approach for an active tactile sensor system. This includes a new type of hardware construction as well as a software implementation for interpreting the sensor readings. The discussed tactile sensor is able to detect an obstacle and its location in 3D space....

To reduce the power consumption of bio-sensors which will be potentially implanted into human body, compressed sensing is introduced by taking advantage of the sparsity of bio-signals. Using 32nm CMOS technology, the prototype is able to achieve 10-bit resolution under power consumption of 320 nW. The clock frequency is 20 kHz. The circuit described below is designed to compress bio-signal in t...

This paper describes the BioANS (Bio-inspired Autonomic Networked Services) protocol that uses a novel utility-based service selection mechanism to drive autonomicity in sensor networks. Due to the increase in complexity of sensor network applications, self-configuration abilities, in terms of service discovery and automatic negotiation, have become core requirements. Further, as such systems a...

A SEA Swarm (Sensor Equipped Aquatic Swarm) moves as a group with water current and enables 4D (space and time) monitoring of local underwater events such as contaminants and intruders. For prompt alert reporting, mobile sensors forward events to mobile sinks (i.e., autonomous underwater vehicles), thus requiring an efficient routing mechanism. In this paper, we analyze various design choices t...

KEYWORDS bio-inspired algorithms, coverage preservation, clustering, energy conservation, multi-objective optimization, wireless sensor networks. 1 INTRODUCTION A major design step in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is to maximize the covered area of a targeted region while at the same time maximizing the network lifetime. Energy efficiency is directly related with efficient routing of the data...