Open Source, Open data, Open Minds - Using smartphone games to study recreational drug use
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The document discusses utilizing smartphone games to study recreational drug use, emphasizing the importance of open data and science. It presents tools like the Boozerlyzer, which allows users to log alcohol consumption and analyze data regarding their drinking and well-being. The project aims to promote better data collection on drug use while addressing legal and ethical considerations.
Open Source, Open data, Open Minds - Using smartphone games to study recreational drug use
- 1. Open Science, Open Data, Open Minds: Using smartphones games to study recreational drug use Caspar Addyman (Birkbeck, University of London) YourBrainOnDrugs.net Open Knowledge Convention Berlin Friday, 1st July 2011
- 2. Motivations Bufo alvarius Epipedobates tricolor
- 3. Motivations 41 new recreational drugs in EU in 2010 (EMCDDA)
- 4. Most casual drug users are poly drug user
- 5. Self experimentation requires better data
- 6. Big data = better data
- 7. Everyone's got a smartphone
- 8. Smartphones are smart http://www.flickr.com/photos/genista/249525571/
- 9. Motivations Alcohol is a drug too.
- 10. The most widely used and abused drug
- 11. The most harmful to individuals
- 12. The most harmful to society (ISCD 2010)
- 13. Beliefs / Caveats Unaffiliated & Non Profit
- 14. Open Source
- 15. Open Data
- 16. Open Science
- 17. Open Minds
- 18. Boozerlyzer How am I feeling? What have I drunk? And another thing.. Games! Fun, addictive and scientific Personal information & privacy settings Charts,feedback & analysis High scores – personal & global. Lab Points to encourage use
- 19. Our data framework YourBrainonDrugs.net Secure (https) Processed Data Data & analytics freely available Anonymized Raw Data
- 20. Boozerlyzer – Drinks Alarms – Data nag, BAC warning, Hangover tracking Cumulative totals by the week, month or year Add beer, wine or spirits. Log of everything in this session Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Like NHS Drinks Tracker (but better)
- 21. Boozerlyzer – Self Reports Happiness
- 22. Energy
- 23. Drunkeness Free text self report Google speech recognition
- 25. Boozerlyzer – Games 2 Whack-a-mole
- 26. Reaction Time, Coordination, Inhibition
- 27. Implicit learning Number Stroop
- 29. Inhibition, Reaction Time, Coordination 9 17
- 30. Boozerlyzer – Games 3 Emotionally valent words
- 31. With norms (valence, arousal, dominance, frequency) 200+ synomyns for being drunk
- 32. Boozerlyzer – Charts Drinks & Blood Alcohol Happiness, Energy & est. drunkeness Varying time periods
- 33. Boozerlyzer – Analysis How much am I actually drinking? The Pool Curve More ...
- 34. Open Science / Open Data YourBrainonDrugs.net
- 35. Legal & ethical issues Problem Solution (?) Anonymity One-way encryption Data protection Directive 95/46/EC Data licence CC-0 Legal liability Disclaimer Research Ethics Advisory board & peer review ASK THE EXPERTS
- 36. Where are we now? Testing & release Alpha – right now
- 37. Beta – August
- 38. Public beta – September Source Code – available now ( http://github.com/YourBrain/YourBrain ) Methodology paper – in progress ( http://yourbrainondrugs.net/tiki )
- 40. BIG data
- 41. SMALL data
- 42. O t h e r data
- 43. YOU We are actively seeking funding, collaborators, partners and technical wizards
- 44. Thank you! [email_address] @BrainStraining