AMI

Natural user interface for bench scientists

Project Summary

This project will develop AMI, a prototype of a natural user interface system that allows bench scientists to interact with their experimental information at the fumehood, using innovative modes of communication appropriate to the lab setting, focusing on voice recognition, touch-screens and laser keyboards. We have a group of enthusiastic end-users who will guide our iterative development process through their feedback and requirements. Our exploratory work in this area shows that such an interface would be excitingly innovative and yet realistically achievable.

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Video introduction

Please find the 3 minute introduction to the Ami project, from the VRERI Kick-off meeting at: http://www.vimeo.com/9753847

Project Details

• Host Institution: Cambridge University
• Duration: 9 months
• Start Date: Feb/2010
• End Date: Oct/2010
• Amount Awarded to Project: £73926

Project Team

• Product Owner: Dr. Peter Murray-Rust, pm286@cam.ac.uk, 01223 76073
• Developer: Brian Brooks, bjb45@cam.ac.uk
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Documentation

• Original Bid
• Code Repository: http://bitbucket.org/jat45/ami/
• Technical Documentation: TBC
• End User Documentation: TBC
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• Project Website: http://www-ucc.ch.cam.ac.uk/projects/ami
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• Project Blog: http://amiproject.wordpress.com/
• Final report: http://code.google.com/p/vreri/downloads/detail?name=Ami%20Final%20Report%20Jan11%20v2.pdf&can=2&q=