Things are slowly but surely coming to a close. Our project is in its final stages: two harnesses have been constructed, the code works (most of the time...) and we've begun writing our final paper. There are only two weeks left in the program once this week is done, and then it's time to go home! The research here has been an excellent experience, but I am so, so ready to go home. Sorry, dear College Station residents, but this place is beyond boring, and to be honest, I am most homesick. I want to get out of here.
Project wise, things are going well. Our app is polished, for the most part. We're just getting into testing the driving directions portion of our project, though I doubt that we'll actually be using that much. I don't think the world is quite ready (if it ever will be) for haptic driving directions. One of my coworkers and I have devised a new user testing scenario--we're testing to see if haptic navigation allows for a greater awareness of one's environment during the navigation process. I suspect that it will, but we'll see. I won't go into the details of how we're going to test this (research secrets!) but hopefully our tests are conclusive and informative.
Right now, I'm delighting in watching my coworkers bicker. We've been getting a wee bit testy, as we're close to completion but some things that should've been completed weeks ago are still left unfinished, and new problems are arising because of people's failure to update the code properly. Some people also might just need a few more hours of sleep. I'm deeply entertained, though they might not be.
But now it's time to perform our haptic driving experiment... a vibrational driving tour to YogurtLand for some delicious froyo to cool our hot tempers. Heh, I love research.
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