Me and a partner are doing an engineering project, we thought that we already had an idea, but our teacher had turned it down, saying that we were just building something not improving it.
We were to make three different types of lie detectors, and test them on people. Our teacher said that was a human behavioral project, not engineering.
Any ideas on how to improve this project?
Or any other engineering ideas?
This project is to be completed before December of this year.
Engineering Project HELP!
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reiichiban
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Re: Engineering Project HELP!
Hi,
Have you checked out the engineering project ideas listed in the Science Buddies Prpject Idea Guide? That is a great place to start when looking for great project ideas. The link is:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... deas.shtml
I suspect your idea of testing methods of lie detection could be made into a fascinating project if you tested new and unproven methods of lie detection. Your teacher may have a good point though if your methods were testing galvanic skin response, heart rate, and breathing rate. The more interesting areas (at least to me) are methods of testing subject’s subtle reactions to being shown crime scene photos, brain electrical activity when telling a lie, or Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging analysis of brain activity when telling a lie. At least one academic Prisoner Innocence Project team has claimed they are able to tell from involuntary physiological responses whether a person has ever seen an image before, and by using this technique tell whether a person has been at a crime scene which he claims he was never there. These techniques are not widely accepted currently as legally admisable evidence, but might someday soon be proven sound. They might be fun to investigate. I am afraid my knowledge of them is extremely limited, so I cannot be much of a resource to you on them. However some creative use of Google search might turn up to interesting leads.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... _79665428/
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/003548.html
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cac ... CuImXwY_tw
http://www.brainwavescience.com/research.php
I wish you the best of success in your project, whatever you decide to do.
Best regards,
Barrett L. Tomlinson
Have you checked out the engineering project ideas listed in the Science Buddies Prpject Idea Guide? That is a great place to start when looking for great project ideas. The link is:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... deas.shtml
I suspect your idea of testing methods of lie detection could be made into a fascinating project if you tested new and unproven methods of lie detection. Your teacher may have a good point though if your methods were testing galvanic skin response, heart rate, and breathing rate. The more interesting areas (at least to me) are methods of testing subject’s subtle reactions to being shown crime scene photos, brain electrical activity when telling a lie, or Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging analysis of brain activity when telling a lie. At least one academic Prisoner Innocence Project team has claimed they are able to tell from involuntary physiological responses whether a person has ever seen an image before, and by using this technique tell whether a person has been at a crime scene which he claims he was never there. These techniques are not widely accepted currently as legally admisable evidence, but might someday soon be proven sound. They might be fun to investigate. I am afraid my knowledge of them is extremely limited, so I cannot be much of a resource to you on them. However some creative use of Google search might turn up to interesting leads.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... _79665428/
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/003548.html
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cac ... CuImXwY_tw
http://www.brainwavescience.com/research.php
I wish you the best of success in your project, whatever you decide to do.
Best regards,
Barrett L. Tomlinson