Project member PLUX has been working usability-wise to come up with a discrete wearable form factor for a glove that can be used for non-intrusive measurements of hearth-rate and galvanic skin response. Below is a picture that shows how the sensors will be mounted in the glove.
Mounting of sensors in the glove
At Tuesday April 27 and Wednesday April 28, the second plenary meeting of the ICT4Depression project takes place in Porto, Portugal. During the meeting, the usage scenario’s will be discussed based on input from the psychological partners about the interventions, and input of the technical partners about the state of the sensing devices. In addition, the high-level technical layout of the overall system is discussed.
This week, the national depression test started. People in the Netherlands can call a telephone number (0900-DEPRESSIE) to test whether they are likely to have a depression. The test asks 30 questions in about 4 minutes, after which the risk of a depression is calculated. The test is followed by an advise about help or self-help. The accompanying website (in Dutch) provides more detailed information about depression and caregivers.
The kick-off meeting of the ICT4Depression project has taken place on January 25th in the Intertain Lab at the VU University Amsterdam.
