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Computers are getting faster and smaller. At some
point in the near future, it will be possible to build relatively
non-invasive “wearable” computers that provide continuous high-bandwidth
connectivity and human-computer interfaces that span multiple sensory
modalities: visual, auditory, and tactile.
C.A.P. Smith. Ph.D., assistant professor of computer
information systems, obtained a four-year, $1.1 million grant from the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, (DARPA) the parent agency to
NSF, to help answer: “How can we use this technology to our advantage?”
The project, entitled Multi-Modal Support for
Augmented Cognition, focuses on the idea that “computers will soon be
extremely fast, with nearly unlimited bandwidth,” said Smith. “However,
humans will still be faced with cognitive limitations related to memory,
attention, and perceptual abilities. We’re looking at ways that we can
take advantage of the power of computers to leverage human cognition.”
Smith may be reached at
cap.smith@mail.biz.colostate.edu
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