SOFT Sea Otter Foraging Tech

Faculty: 
Melody Jackson
Students: 
Josh Terry

Can sensor-instrumented toys be used to monitor health and improve enrichment for sea otters at the Georgia Aquarium? This project looks at the design requirements of computer-driven otter enrichment devices and how we can help otter trainers derive meaningful health insights from the data pulled from such devices.

Lab: 
Faculty: 
Melody Jackson, Thad Starner, Clint Zeagler, Scott Gilliland
Students: 
Giancarlo Valentin, Larry Freil, Ceara Byrne, Jacob Logas, Shuyi Sun, Sarah Storer, Kristen Lee, Marcia Schulman, Amanda Schmitt

We explore the emerging area of Animal-Computer Interaction focusing on interfaces for inter-species communication and on the design and evaluation of interactive technology for users of multiple species.