That Very Quinn has Moved @ThatVeryQuinn@witches.town

I want to learn how to play all of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk. Esp. the Rhythm section.

Apparently, Saliva testing is good for Cortisol levels, but I'm curious what effect emotions would have on testosterone and estrogen levels in me, as well.

Okay so I know I'm getting into obsessive and mad scientist territory when my brain is like "We could test hormone levels using Serum and Saliva testing" and I start looking up methods for home blood testing.

"I wonder if I can find decent literature on using biometric data to track emotions."

Ogilvy.com

I don't know what I expected.

@MightyPork Close. It detects the oxygen saturation of the wearer.

I do not pretend that my ideas are new, quite the opposite in fact. It's good that the tech is already being used. I just need to hack theirs and/or build my own version.

BUuuUt

I can gather three types of human sensory feedback data as well as self reporting. This should suffice for my purposes, unless I can find another concept for a wearable I can make that would add to my data points.

If it sounds like I'm a Psych student who switched majors, it's because I am.

A clinical setting is not feasible for my studies, as I want to learn about my own capacity for emotional response (and those of willing participants) day to day, for my AI project as well as a study on emotional intelligence and regulation for my own personal use.

This project is getting more ambitious as time goes on, but I AM LOVING IT.

SO.

I think I just added another layer of biometric data to follow for my emotions-tracker project. That is, if it has any bearing - though I might be able to test that, too!

Pulse Oximetry.

There's actually literature on the plausibility of a pulse oximetry ring (They made one!) that can be worn from day to day. SO! I can make one and use that as another datapoint.

@woozle I can follow that, most definitely!

Goddamnit I can't remember the correct nomenclature for people in wheelchairs and it bothers me.

Both of my parents need hearing aids, and I'm not sure if it's due to age or a condition, but I do have substantial evidence to suggest that I am Hard of Hearing, myself, already. That or I have a sensory processing disorder. It's not a matter of if, but which.

I also saw a really interesting technology for paralyzed folks to communicate using their eyes and a computer program being built by someone on hackaday.

@MightyPork I getcha, and yeah pretty much, haha.

I think the idea is that humans are naturally drawn to augmenting ourselves using tools, ergo cyborg is a natural state of being for us. But then I'm probably butchering this.

@MightyPork I believe there is a movement within the transhumanist circles to understand cyborgs as people who use tools to augment their daily lives. Idk, I sort of think that's a more apt description, since under the present definition it excludes hearing aids and other assistive technologies people use day to day.

@MightyPork why only permanent, though?

And like, we probably do consider these transhumanist technologies but I'm just behind the curve.

So like, do we consider Deaf and HoH people with cochlear implants or hearing aids cyborgs? Maybe? If so, do we consider wheelchair users cyborgs? Crutches? Screen readers? Canes? All of these are technologies used to augment day to day living.

I know this isn't new, but it bothers me that the transhumanist movement is being co-opted by cis, able-bodied, neurotypical techbros.