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1. Spatialized Sonification for the Learning of Surgical Navigation
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Historically, the education of surgical navigation in minimally invasive neurosurgery has been constrained by several factors. Medical students have been required to physically be in the operating room to observe a teacher perform the different procedures. This restricts their opportunities to gain valuable hands-on experience in their field. READ MORE
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2. Gallery of Heartbeats : soma design for increasing bodily awareness and social sharing of the heart rate through sensory stimuli
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : Elevated heart rate is considered to be an indicator of stress. Thus, noticing one’s own heartbeat can have a negative connotation. Yet, the heartbeat is simply a physiological function, neither positive nor negative in itself, that is experienced in diverse contexts, such as medical, athletic, or intimate. READ MORE
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3. Human echolocation : The effect of object size, distance and auditory angle
University essay from Psykologiska institutionenAbstract : Both blind and sighted persons may use echoes for detecting objects. The effect of object size on echolocation was tested in a listening experiment with 15 sighted participants. Noise burst of 500-ms were generated and recorded in an ordinary room, with and without a reflecting object. The diameter of the reflecting object was 0. READ MORE
