CAREER: Ubiquitous Earable Sensing Using Low-Cost Earphones

职业：使用低成本耳机的无处不在的耳戴式传感

• 批准号: 2337537
• 负责人: Longfei Shangguan
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-02-15 至 2029-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2337537&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Ubiquitous; Earable; Sensing; Using

Low-cost earphones are frequently given out as complimentary accessories for smartphones and laptops, leading to an excessive supply. However, in contrast to smartphones and laptops with well-established recycling ecosystems, these low-cost earphones often end up discarded in drawers or storage units, adding to the problem of electronic waste. The driving vision of this NSF CAREER project is to develop system-based approaches to transforming billions of such abandoned earphones into portable and widely accessible human-centric sensing devices. The research project has three goals: (i) Developing ultra-low-cost human vital sign sensing systems tailored for underserved regions based on abandoned earphones; (ii) designing novel around-the-ear sensing algorithms and applications, advancing acoustic sensing and computing research; and (iii) building an open-source “earable” sensing and computing platform for developing systems for mobile computing curriculum. This project will create a holistic approach toward recycling and repurposing electronic waste, while fostering a culture of innovation and sustainability. The developed systems will democratize health monitoring, enabling individuals who may not have access to expensive wearables or medical devices to track their health and take proactive steps toward well-being. The interdisciplinary nature of this project will also provide students with a unique opportunity to gain knowledge across the hardware-software system boundary, creating research opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students, and promoting science and engineering studies to high-school students and underrepresented groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

低成本耳机经常被作为智能手机和笔记本电脑的免费配件，导致供应过量。但是，与具有良好的回收生态系统的智能手机和笔记本电脑相反，这些低成本的耳机通常最终被丢弃在抽屉或存储单元中，这增加了电子废物的问题。这个NSF职业项目的驾驶视野是开发基于系统的方法，将数十亿这种废弃的耳机转换为便携式且以人为中心的传感器设备。该研究项目有三个目标：（i）开发针对基于废弃耳机的服务不足区域量身定制的超低成本的人类生命体征传感器系统； （ii）设计新型的射门传感算法和应用，以推进声学传感和计算研究； （iii）构建一个开源“可耳”传感器和计算平台，用于开发用于移动计算课程的系统。该项目将创建一种整体方法，用于回收和重新利用电子废物，同时培养创新和可持续性文化。开发的系统将使健康监测民主化，使那些可能无法使用昂贵的可穿戴设备或医疗设备的个人可以追踪其健康并采取积极的措施，以实现幸福感。该项目的跨学科性质还将为学生提供一个独特的机会，以在硬件软件系统边界上获得知识，为研究生和本科生创造研究机会，并为高中生和代表性不足的小组促进科学和工程学研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估了CRIDIAL IDICKIAL和FORGITIAL IDICTIAL和FORGIATIAL和FORGIATIAL和FORGIATIAL和FORGITIAL。