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What I planned
to do
Now why, you might ask, in a computer
science capstone presentation, have I just talked
for 2 minutes about parrots?
The idea that I had was to develop
a hardware and software package that would provide
the mechanism for my parrots to be able to interact
with a computer outside of the cage. In short,
I wanted to develop a parrot keyboard.
I wanted to introduce the birds
to a simple interface and then increase the
complexity as I learned more about how the birds
actually made use of the system.
Computer
monitor outside parrot’s cage
I wanted to develop a software
framework that would support a variety of types
of interaction and would provide for the logging
and data capture to be able to do analysis on
the interactions of the parrot with the keyboard.
What work
has been done in the past?
Only a limited amount of work
for non-human interactions with computers has
been done in the previously, mostly centering
on testing for understanding.
from http://www.dartmouth.edu/~aeubanks/zoodolph2.JPG
used by permission
Experimenters with dolphins have used touch-plates
with lights and buzzers in the water and rewarded
appropriate behavior.
from http://www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/bonobo.htm
used by permission
Experimenters with pigmy chimps
and small apes have used symbolic touch-boards
much like those used with children and adults
with multiple handicaps
Irene Pepperberg, working at the
MIT MEDIA Lab, developed a simple 2-key keyboard
for parrots; but it was intended for use only
as a part of experimentation and training, and
could only be used by the bird outside of the
cage.
from http://web.media.mit.edu/~benres/parrot/Interpet1.pdf
used by permission
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