BRAIN ACTIVITY MAPS INTEGRATING FMRI, EEG AND MEG

Not Available The proposed innovation is an inexpensive, visible light educational information transfer system (VLEITS) that transmits data to a personal information device (PID) that can be used to convey personalized information to students. VLEITS is remarkably inexpensive because it requires no additional or special wiring other than that already typically installed for existing lighting fixtures. The network uses currently installed visible lighting, such as incandescent or fluorescent lighting, as the carrier medium for the data. The PID receives and displays control commands, text and graphics transmitted over ambient room lighting. The system varies the light output of lighting fixtures to transmit data at a sufficiently rapid rate that there is no perceptible visual flicker in light output or loss in light efficiency. Data encoded in the lamp light is sent to a small information receiver that presents text and graphic information to students or occupants of a building. The system will be developed in connection with experts on education of the handicapped and will be evaluated and tested by these users to maximize user-friendliness and value. This proposal seeks funding to develop a high quality PID and a transmitter capable of providing data to the PID via ambient light.