This week I worked on making a prototype browser extension. Specifically, I made a Chrome extension which I’m running in Chrome’s developer studio (this is where I’ll be testing it until we are finished then I will upload it to the Chrome Web Store so that others can download it). Currently the extension consists simply of a button which when pressed creates an alert in the user’s system tray. In the finished extension, the alert will occur when the data from the sensors indicate poor posture, but right now I just have the user press the button to demonstrate the system tray notification functionality. In addition, I created a script which allows the user to grant camera permissions in the options menu of the extension. This is important because we need the camera for the CV eye strain algorithm. This unfortunately must occur in the options of the extension and not in the extension itself because this is not an innate function of Chrome browser extensions.
My progress is on schedule. Next week I hope to add the CV script and see if we can run it in the extension (I know that Lilly has the CV script working locally but we have not yet tested it via the extension). I also want to set up the local server on the raspberry pi since we recently got possession of the pi we will be using.